I became famous for writing ridiculous stories in ancient times

Although Fu Wenyu has decided to obtain a meritorious degree, he has not changed his current plan.

After all, he is still observing filial piety and will not be able to take the county examination soon.

Moreover, fame cannot be obtained in a short time. With his current status as "Baiting", he must first take the county examination, then the government examination, and then the college examination. If all three are on the list, then like the original owner's father and grandfather, he will become a scholar who can be exempted from part of the land tax and will not kneel before officials.

If a scholar goes on to take the examination, he will be promoted to a successful candidate.

Before going to Chen County, he was reviewing the Four Books and Five Classics, and he had not yet picked up the entire knowledge system. So when he came back, he planned to continue reviewing and first turn the knowledge in his memory into his own. Therefore, after thanking shopkeeper Zhang for his help, he stayed at home with peace of mind.

During this period, he also did other things.

First of all, his participation in village affairs has increased. In the past, the clan or the village would not call him if anything happened unless it involved him personally. But now if there is any big event in the village, such as the Qingming ancestor worship, he will be called over to discuss it. Such a move is equivalent to treating him as an adult, a person who can speak in the village.

This is the change brought about by the trip to Chen County.

As for the other one, he started writing articles.

But it was not a storybook. He had been preparing the storybook for a while, and would wait until he had finished reviewing the Four Books and Five Classics before writing it. At that time, it had been about half a year since the incident of "Wang Po" and "Li Si" happened. People who should forget had forgotten about it, so it wouldn't have much impact.

What he plans to write this time is a story about a liar.

This is also one of the feelings brought about by the trip to Chen County. He hopes that in this way, he can give some reminders to the world. This kind of story does not need to be very long, it may only be a few thousand words, or even a thousand words. Write when you are inspired, leave it alone if you are not inspired, focus on one thing and finish it on the same day.

For the first story, he was going to write ‘The Glowing Stone’.

Now the experience of Fu Qingshi and others has been spread in Chen County, so everyone can write about it. In order to distinguish himself from the person who writes stories, Fu Wenyu also adopted a pen name called "Mr. Gongyang" because he was recently reading the Confucian classic "Spring and Autumn Gongyang Biography".

And the name of this series has also been chosen, called "The Collection of Deceptions". The protagonist is called Zhang Sanlang because he performs three rituals at home.

The story is very simple. One day when Zhang Sanlang was out doing business, he met a group of swindlers. The swindlers said that they had a priceless night pearl and asked Zhang Sanlang if he wanted it.

As for the ending of the story, of course it is impossible to recover part of the losses like Fu Qingshi and others. But Zhang Sanlang was deceived and lost all his money. In the end, he slept in the open and begged all the way back.

After finishing "The Pearl of the Night", Fu Wenyu prepared to submit the manuscript himself.

Because of the good results of previous experiments, the Liuzhou tabloid now prints two at a time, and the length of the script has been expanded to six. Among the six chapters, some are long and some are short, some are just beginning and some are nearing completion.

The story of "The Legend of the Divine Eye" has been completed.

Because Fu Wenyu wants to use the manuscript fee to help those who want to find their relatives, so it is still left with the Liuzhou tabloid without settlement. He was not going to use Shopkeeper Zhang's "skill" to submit the article this time, but would go it alone. One of the reasons was to change his pen name, and the other reason was that he wanted to see what was going on in the Liuzhou tabloids.

After all, he had never been there even once.

After entering the city, he inquired all the way to the place.

Then I met an acquaintance when I entered the door.

Liu Changmiao, who had not seen him for a long time, jumped on his feet and said: "Brother Xiao, why don't you accept my story book? Let others take a look at it again. I tell you that I wrote it very well. This is a story book that people in the capital like to read." !”

The person opposite him probably knew Liu Changmiao, and he said unceremoniously: "It's so good, what you wrote is nonsense, and no one will accept it."

"Also, I heard that Chang Miao, after you came back from the capital at the beginning of the month, you searched everywhere for the hardcover version of "Legend of the Divine Eye" and even spent twenty taels of silver to buy it from others. I advise you to focus more on your homework. Yes, I will write to your brother if I count down the exam next time."

Liu Changmiao's expression froze and he coughed twice, "What about that? I'll come back next time."

Then he turned around and left, just in time to meet Fu Wenyu who came in, and he suddenly exclaimed, "Hey, you're not that," he thought for a while and then suddenly said: "I saw you in a teahouse before going to the capital last year. You said at that time that your name was Zhou, Zhou, Zhou Yu!”

Fu Wenyu nodded and said calmly: "Yes, my name is Zhou Yu."

Because today's location was not very suitable, and it was only the second time that the two met, and they would probably meet rarely in the future, he did not explain that he was Fu Wenyu.

Liu Changmiao was delighted, "Right? I just said I remembered it correctly. What are you doing here?"

Fu Wenyu raised the manuscript in his hand and said, "I wrote a story."

Because he was here to submit an article, he did not exchange more greetings with Liu Changmiao. He nodded and walked towards Mr. Xiao.

Liu Changmiao, who stayed where he was, rolled his eyes and walked in again. As he walked, he muttered in a low voice, "I want to see what kind of story he wrote."

Mr. Xiao, who was in charge of receiving the manuscript, took Fu Wenyu's manuscript and opened it casually to read. Maybe he still had Liu Changmiao's story in his mind, or maybe he saw that Fu Wenyu and Liu Changmiao knew each other, so he said rudely while reading: "In "The Pearl of the Night", your name is Gongyang. gentlemen'?"

"I've never met you before, isn't this your first time writing a storybook?"

"I would like to advise you to read and practice more before writing. Reading the storybook is one thing, but writing the storybook is another matter. In addition, after writing, you need to revise and revise more. Don't write casually. Just take a few sentences and don’t write them in a messy way. After all, not everyone is Fu Wenyu. The first story was sold all over Liuzhou.”

"Eh...well...this..."

He stopped browsing and turned to look carefully.

"The Pearl of the Night" is not a long story, only 8,000 words in total. Because the ending is tragic, Fu Wenyu abandoned the step of collecting clues about scammers and reporting the case to the government to recover losses when writing it. Most of the description is concentrated In the process of Zhang Sanlang being deceived.

There is also a small part where Zhang Sanlang was deceived and was kicked out by the inn because he had no money to pay the bill. The miserable aftermath ended up being cold, hungry, and having to beg for food back home.

What Mr. Xiao is watching now is the whole process of Zhang Sanlang being "cheated".

In order to impress people, Fu Wenyu focused on describing the "night pearl". Said that it 'radiates bright fluorescence in the dark, like a dream'; also said that it 'has been passed down from ancestors for a total of eighteen generations. If the elderly in the family were not sick, they would not be willing to sell it'; and He said, 'It's worth thirty thousand taels, but you and I hit it off, so now I'll sell it to you at a low price of three thousand taels'...

Liu Changmiao came to Mr. Xiao's side at some point. When he saw this, he immediately complained, "Three thousand taels can buy something worth thirty thousand taels. Is this Zhang Sanlang stupid? And why should they sell it to him cheaply? The pawnshop must be willing Give me ten thousand taels.”

After a while, he complained again, "The seller said he didn't want to part with the ancestral treasure, but he was very neat when collecting the money. After collecting the money, he left immediately."

"This Zhang Sanlang..."

Mr. Xiao glared at him, "Don't make any noise!"

Liu Changmiao shrank his neck and immediately shut up. But as he watched, he turned to look at Fu Wenyu from time to time. It was obvious that he had a lot to say.

This scene made Fu Wenyu laugh for a while.

After a while, Mr. Xiao and Liu Changmiao had finished reading.

Mr. Xiao is not very old, he should be around 27 or 28 years old. When he looked at Fu Wenyu this time, his expression became much gentler.

He sighed: "I didn't expect that you are young and don't look much older than Chang Miao, but the words you write are so thought-provoking. Not bad, not bad, much better than many people. Well, "The Pearl of the Night in the Collection of Deception", from Judging from your name, there should be something else behind it, right?"

Fu Wenyu shook his head, "No, I haven't written it yet, but I should write it in the future."

Before Mr. Xiao could speak, Liu Changmiao said dissatisfiedly: "Why is it gone again? I wrote one or two and then stopped writing. This is the case for Mr. Sanliu, the same for Fu Wenyu, and the same for you, Zhou Yu."

"I should write eight more ten articles!"

Mr. Xiao laughed and said, "Zhou Yu, right? You don't want to be as knowledgeable as Chang Miao. Well, our Liuzhou tabloid has collected this story, so it can be printed in two parts."

"As for the money, let's just say six hundred wen. Don't think it's less. Even the most famous Mr. Sanliu, Sun Xiucai and Fu Wenyu in Liuzhou have almost the same amount. You will write more in the future, and I can introduce it below. The shopkeeper will let you know me."

Eight thousand words and six hundred articles.

If calculated based on the number of words, 20,000 words is one tael and five hundred liters, which is a full 500 liters less than "Fu Wenyu". Where is "almost"?

Fu Wenyu was secretly amused, feeling that this 'Mr. Xiao' was not as honest as he seemed. However, the price was enough, and he was not short of money now, so he nodded and agreed, signed the deed and left with 600 yuan.

Liu Changmiao subconsciously wanted to catch up, but after hesitating, he stopped and turned to Mr. Xiao: "Brother Xiao, please help me find out about Fu Wenyu. I am going to the capital to visit my father and my brother this time. It took me several months to come back, and I didn’t even know that something like this had happened in Liuzhou.”

"I went to Kaiyuan Bookstore and asked, and they said that Fu Wenyu no longer sets up a stall there to write wishes for people. I want to ask him to write one for me..."

"I want to write a big wish!"

Mr. Xiao nodded casually, "Okay, okay, let me ask for you."