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Chapter 110 The Eighth Bronze Man of Shaolin

"The Eighth Bronze Man of Shaolin" tells the story of the late Song Dynasty and early Yuan Dynasty...

Learn from Jin Yong, intersperse stories into history, add some historical figures, such as Zhu Yuanzhang, to give people a feeling of reality and fantasy.

Martial arts are fairy tales for adults!

Because of a fake robbery of Wen Tianxiang, the Mongolian army brutally suppressed Shaolin, the Sutra Library was burned down, and the 72 unique skills were lost. From then on, Shaolin Temple fell into decline and became a martial arts summer camp for the children of officials.

The protagonist is a country boy who dreams of being a hero. In the Shaolin Temple, a place full of debauchery and debauchery, he paints his body with gold lacquer, is forcibly recruited into the Bronze Man Formation, and serves as the unknown eighth bronze man to guard the gate. He suffers all kinds of oppression... and finally fulfills his dream of being a hero.

The protagonist's style is more like Japanese comics, a classic hot-blooded idiot.

He often speaks passionate dialogues and insists on doing everything, insists on going to Shaolin, insists on keeping up with Zhang Junbao's progress in carrying water and chopping wood, and insists on not letting the rich kids pass the level easily...

In an era where there is no room for chivalry, he insists on being a hero!

This kind of role is obviously very appealing to the audience, especially when most people can't do anything hard in real life.

The sense of immersion is very strong and it looks super passionate!

Xia Tian incorporates various old cliches, including the protagonists' extraordinary talents, Jun Bao's heroic rescue of the beauty, the protagonists' highly anticipated appearance when they meet in the arena, and the final showdown with the big boss...

And to some extent, Xia Tian borrowed the setting of Jin Yong's Jianghu.

For example, Zhang Sanfeng, and the seven disciples of Quanzhen and the female disciples of Emei Sect who are going to appear at the end of the article as guest appearances...

In addition, real historical figures are incorporated into the novel, such as Zhu Yuanzhang who became a clever little beggar, Liu Bowen who became a fortune teller, and Xu Da, Chang Yuchun, Xu Shouhui, Chen Youliang and so on.

In the end, they are given an ending that is more in line with historical facts in the text, and it takes some thought to achieve this.

This is a "historical martial arts fan fiction"~
The first 50,000 words had already been mailed to the "Legends of Ancient and Modern Times" magazine in the summer, and then he used the excuse that "it hasn't been published yet and can't be shown to others, the editor won't allow it" to avoid his classmates' daily urging for updates.

There is also a poem accompanying the submission letter:

The world's heroes come from our generation, and once we enter the world, time will pass quickly.

Grand ambitions and hegemony can be achieved through chatting and laughing, but it is no match for a drunken moment in the world.

He raised his sword, mounted his horse and swung his sword to rain down ghosts, and the white bones turned into mountain birds startled and flew away.

The world is like the tide and people are like water, but I sigh that few people return.

I have to write this poem. When I think of martial arts summer, I think of this poem: This is my lost youth~
In less than ten days, Xia Tian received a reply from the editor.

Xia Tian opened the letter and was a little surprised: "It's not that serious? Do we have to come here in person to discuss this? It's so far away!"

The editor-in-chief of "Legends of Ancient and Modern Times" will come to visit Mr. Jinghongke in person~
Well, this pen name has not spread beyond Yenching yet!

Suddenly I am looking forward to the editor-in-chief's arrival~
……

"I tell you, when I came to this world, I didn't plan to go back alive!"

Xia Tian’s words caused laughter among the classmates.

I have nothing to do during lunch break, so I just have fun with them in the summer.

"Two more sentences, two more sentences!" someone cheered.

"Two more sentences? Life is like making a phone call. Either you hang up first or I hang up first~"

"You should hang up first!" Luo Xiaoyi said with a smile.

Xia Tian stretched out his hand, and Wang Hai immediately filled his enamel teacup with water, "Brother Tian'er, drink it."

This kid knows that Xia Tian "knows martial arts" and is good at flattering people, so he wants to learn a trick from him.

The female students not far away were listening to Xia Tian and his friends talking nonsense while packing their pencil cases.

When young people suddenly change their environment, it is easy for them to get to know each other and become friends.

Besides, they have been in school for almost two months in the summer, and the classmates are all very familiar with each other.

For example, the rebellious Luo Xiaoyi - the one who dared to talk nonsense in the first class. Later, Xia Tian, ​​as the sports committee member, had trained him~
The gentle and lovely An Jing is the classmate that Miao Wanqiu thinks can be admitted to a top-ranked university.

Guan Tingting is a fashionable and avant-garde person. She has relatives in Hong Kong and her dressing style is very "advanced". Miao Wanqiu even confiscated her small mirror.

The wise but foolish big-headed Wang Hai, the dancing geeks Jiang Wenming and Dong Jianshe, the gossip lover Haiyan, the profiteer rat Liu Hao...

There is also Dachun who is very foolish but appears wise!
Although on the first day of school, Xia Tian gave them a "lesson"~
But because they couldn't beat him, everyone chose to forgive him.

"The teacher is coming, the teacher is coming!" A student sitting by the window called the police. Everyone immediately took action and the classroom returned to calm in two or three seconds.

"Ahem~" Miao Wanqiu glanced at him, "Xia Tian, ​​come to my office!"

Xia Tian stood up silently and walked out confused.

Luo Xiaoyi winked at his classmates: "Tian'er is going to be unlucky~"

When they arrived at the office, Miao Wanqiu pointed to a stool and said, "Sit down."

It doesn't look like anything serious!
Miao Wanqiu habitually drinks water first - without speaking, which puts psychological pressure on students.

He drank the water slowly and stared at Xia Tian.

"Have you done anything bad again recently?" he asked.

How could Xia Tian be deceived? He immediately cried out: "No, teacher! I didn't do anything!"

Your precious bicycle has nothing to do with me!
I don’t know what’s wrong?
The new bicycle that Lao Miao received as a reward for being an outstanding teacher by the Education Commission seemed to be cursed - it got punctured five times a week and he could only use it on weekends!
The bicycle repairman in his alley really should get him an annual membership card!
Miao Wanqiu pulled out a piece of paper from a pile of books on the side and said, "This, you wrote it, right?"

A look at summer:
head teacher

His black clothes

Has already disappeared into the night
Only a pale face is left

Ghostly

Looking in from the rear window

"No! Who wrote this? What does it say?!" Xia Tian refused to admit it. He absolutely could not admit it!
Anyway, this is written with my left hand, so the handwriting is different from usual.

Miao Wanqiu had expected this, and he knew Xia Tian well enough—he had too many tricks, and they were too good! He would not hold back!

"Okay! As long as it's not written by you." He smiled.

"I have submitted this... poem! The author is all the students in Class 1, Grade , Dongshi Middle School!"

Huh?! Lao Miao, you are so good at playing?! I was just joking, do you think it’s worth reporting?!

……

Dachun held a copy of Legends of Ancient and Modern Times and asked Xia Tian, ​​"Tian'er, when will this be published in the magazine where we can see it?"

Xia Tian smiled: "Don't worry. The magazine space is limited, so we have to serialize it bit by bit~"

Monthly, 10,000 words, with a total of 170,000 to 180,000 words, aiming to publish it once a year!
When the editor-in-chief arrived, he was shocked at first by Teacher Jinghongke’s true identity.

I thought that such a mature work of technique and style must be by an experienced author, but I was surprised~
But then he thought, it is reasonable for the author to be a young man, as he could write such a passionate protagonist.

No, this is the correct way to say it!

The editor-in-chief stayed in Yanjing for two nights and chatted with Xia Tian for two days before leaving. He also took away all the 60,000 words he had written.

In short, please send an article!

The editor-in-chief is counting on "The Eighth Bronze Man of Shaolin" to make this newly launched martial arts magazine popular!

You know what, I visited some newsstands in Yanjing in the summer. Although this martial arts magazine founded in Hubei Province is not widely sold in Yanjing, it sells very well!

Yes~
Unexpectedly, Liu Chunlai, the editor of the Yanjing Evening News, also showed up!
"Teacher Jinghongke, I was wondering why you stopped writing? It turns out you've fallen in love with someone else!"

His sense of smell was so sharp that he immediately discovered that Teacher Jing Hongke was serializing martial arts novels in a magazine in another province, and he went straight to his door...

Good boy, please let me write something!
Finally, Xia Tian was pestered and had no choice but to perfunctorily respond: "Okay, okay, let me think about it first, I'll find some inspiration. When I have a manuscript, I'll call you first!"

There's no way, Xia Tian is not the kind of person who can do things perfunctorily.

After much thought, I decided to write something!
Can’t you write badly if you can’t write well?

Keep it simple and save yourself the trouble.

Just write... write a cool article?

A good story? What can be written in this era... Hey, I got it!
Xia Tian thought of a TV series he had watched in his first life, and that was you - "The Legendary King"!
This story is the Chinese version of "The Count of Monte Cristo"!

The story type and structure are completely imitated from Alexandre Dumas's "The Count of Monte Cristo".

It tells the story of a sailor who had a happy life but was framed and thrown into prison by three jealous villains.

And in the black prison, he met the teacher of Emperor Guangxu - yes, the background of the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China.

After studying for more than ten years with this teacher who knew everything about astronomy and geography, he finally found an opportunity to escape from prison and began his revenge!

In the end, the protagonist got his revenge, donated all his property, and sailed overseas on a boat!

Well, there shouldn't be any taboos. It's perfect for serialization!
He wrote 20,000 words first, called Liu Chunlai to give it to him, and said, "Please ask the editor-in-chief for me. If there is no problem, I will write it. If there is a problem, you can't blame me!"

When writing something at this time, it is safer to let an experienced editor check it.

The next day, Liu Chunlai came again, "Write, write, write! The Evening News needs The King of Legends!"

"I know, I know! Don't push me anymore, don't push me anymore~ Alas! It's all because of the sins I committed in my previous life!"

……

"Hey, have you read the Yanjing Evening News?"

"what happened?"

"Jing Hong Ke is writing a novel again!"

"Jinghongke? Are you talking about that kid Xia Tian?!"

"Hahahaha, it's him! Not only did he serialize his martial arts novels in the Evening News, he also serialized them in a martial arts magazine!"

"Martial arts novels? He can write martial arts novels?"

"Of course, "Legends of Ancient and Modern Times", go find it and take a look!"

Readers who are familiar with Teacher Jinghongke already know Xia Tian’s true identity.

Now it is popular for them to deceive some new readers - first describe to them how talented and respected Teacher Jinghongke is in various positive and negative ways... and then wait for the moment when the truth is revealed, and feel extremely happy~
I always feel that their reader title should be "Zuowang Dao"!
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It's lunch time again.

Some students were reading "Story Club", and the edges of a book were flying off after reading it around a circle.

Some people like to watch "5000 Whys". If someone watches " Years of Chinese History" and "One Thousand and One Nights", it is considered to be quite tasteful.

At that time, "child prodigies" were highly respected, and knowledge contests for middle school students were often seen on TV, where students had to answer 1 extracurricular knowledge questions in 10 minute. Therefore, this type of book was very popular.

Some students were sleeping on the table, while others were practicing calligraphy.

The hard-pen calligraphy copybook "Talk About Learning to Write with a Fountain Pen" by Pang Zhonghua caused a craze in the class.

After the resumption of the college entrance examination, young people's thirst for knowledge has reached an unprecedented high.

Learning is inseparable from writing. To write well with a fountain pen, you have to practice fountain pen writing. To practice fountain pen writing, you have to have a good fountain pen calligraphy copybook.

It was at this time that Pang Zhonghua launched his first fountain pen calligraphy copybook in 79 - "Talk about Learning to Write with a Fountain Pen", which was priced at 3 cents!

The publication of this book caters to people's needs in study, work and life, especially the needs of young people.

According to incomplete statistics, the circulation of "Pang Zhonghua Fountain Pen Calligraphy" written by Pang Zhonghua once exceeded 100 million, and it has been reprinted more than ten times in a row, and it is still in short supply.

This book has become the ceiling of the calligraphy publishing industry, and almost no calligraphers have been able to break through and surpass it.

Pang Zhonghua has published more than 100 kinds of pen calligraphy copybooks. It is said that his income from royalties is as high as hundreds of millions of yuan.
In the summer, he taught Wang Hai martial arts in the shade of the playground.

The last person who pestered Xia Tian was Zhuo Yue. This guy wrote to me a while ago, saying that he would volunteer next year! Maybe he would have to stay in Yangcheng in the future.

If things develop well there, it would be nice to stay there.

As for Wang Hai, he really had a yearning for martial arts. Dachun also wanted to learn it, but he was persuaded to give up after getting up early for less than a week.

Although Wang Hai looks a little silly, he is very determined.

At first, Xia Tian wanted to teach Baji, but felt that it was too fierce and not suitable for young people to learn such a fierce style. So he taught Wing Chun.
Well, he only has a limited knowledge of Wing Chun, and it's just the basics.
I don’t know how, but the two of them talked about being teachers, and Xia Tian said, “Wang Haier, don’t accept gifts when you become a teacher in the future!”

Wang Hai was stunned: Can a teacher accept gifts?! Is there such a good thing?!

From then on, he had a dream of becoming a teacher. Later, he passed the normal school examination and went to Xihong City to become a middle school teacher.
It's a gift calendar! It's okay, the teacher doesn't hold grudges!
Thanks to the book friend “雨过就天晴” for the 100-point reward!
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(End of this chapter)