Yang Feng had been looking forward to Chu Kuang's new book for several months, so after a brief exchange with the other party, Yang Feng immediately opened his email.
"bite."
After a moment of thinking, the email notification sounded and Chu Kuang sent the novel to him. Yang Feng also saw the name of the novel.
"Ghost Blows Out the Light?"
What a strange book title.
It always feels eerie.
What type of book is this
Yang Feng was about to type to ask Chu Kuang about the genre of his new book, but before he finished typing, the avatar on the other side turned black.
This made Yang Feng, who had rich experience in communicating with Chu Kuang, understand that the other party probably would not pay attention to him today.
at the same time.
Next to Yang Feng, a colleague's voice came: "Xiao Yang, it's time to get off work, aren't you leaving yet?"
"get off work?"
Yang Feng frowned. He also wanted to take a look at Chu Kuang's new book called "Ghost Blows Out the Light". He was very eager to take a look at it.
"Stop dawdling and let's go."
The colleague patted Yang Feng on the shoulder and said, "I have to take your car today. My car broke down and I sent it out for repair. Could you please take me home?"
"no problem."
Yang Feng glanced at his colleague and said with a smile: "The fare is one hundred yuan, this is a friendship price for you, Mr. Zhang."
Lao Zhang rolled his eyes: "It's a black car."
Yang Feng smiled and said, "Just kidding... But your house is quite far away, I'll take you there first. I was planning to stay up late to finish reading the book."
Lao Zhang asked: "What book?"
Yang Feng said: "Ghost Blows Out the Light."
Old Zhang raised his eyebrows: "Another Xianxia novel? After Chu Kuang's "Zhu Xian" pioneered the Xianxia theme, more and more people have been writing Xianxia recently, and many people have followed suit and achieved success..."
Lao Zhang naturally thought that "Ghost Blows Out the Light" was a fantasy novel.
Obviously, the word "ghost" in "Ghost Blows Out the Light" is the key point.
This kind of weird book titles can generally be associated with fantasy novels.
“It’s not following the trend.”
Yang Feng glanced at Lao Zhang and said, "This is Chu Kuang's new book."
Others writing Xianxia is called following the trend, but Chu Kuang is not considered as such.
Yang Feng also thought that "Ghost Blows Out the Light" was a fantasy novel.
Old Zhang was stunned for a moment, then he laughed and said with some surprise: "It's Chu Kuang's new book? Sure, let's listen to it!"
Most people in the editorial department like Chu Kuang's works very much, and Lao Zhang is no exception.
"Okay, let's listen to it together while we drive."
Yang Feng did not refuse. The so-called "listening" meant listening to books via audio.
Because the editor has to drive to and from get off work and cannot read books or use his phone, he occasionally listens to books.
Silver Blue Book Library has developed an audiobook software that is quite intelligent and can adjust emotions through context, making it sound very natural.
Although the effect is not as good as that of the anchor, it is much better than dry reading.
And so, the two got in the car.
At the same time, the voice intelligent audiobook function is turned on.
Tomb robbing is not a sightseeing tour or poetry recitation, but a skill, a destructive skill. When the ancient nobles built tombs, they must have tried every possible way to prevent their tombs from being robbed, so they used all means to set up various hidden weapons and ambushes in the tombs, including boulders, quicksand, poisonous arrows, poisonous insects, pits, etc.
The car has started.
But Yang Feng and Lao Zhang couldn't help but look at each other.
Why does the story start with tomb robbing
Isn't this a fantasy novel
The two of them were somewhat puzzled, yet also somewhat curious, and continued to listen.
My grandfather was Hu Guohua. The Hu family was a well-known landlord in the surrounding area. During their heyday, they bought more than 40 houses connected by three alleys in the city. During this period, some of their descendants became officials and businessmen...
After hearing this, Yang Feng and Lao Zhang probably understood.
It turns out that "Ghost Blows Out the Light" is not really a fantasy novel.
The style of the text description is very realistic, full of the sense of the times, and the story is told in the first person—
First person
In this day and age, there are still people who dare to write from a first-person perspective!
Yang Feng suddenly had a terrible headache.
Chu Kuang is still the same Chu Kuang.
He will never play by the rules!
You should know that many readers hate the first person. Many readers don’t even read what you write. As long as they see the first person, they will abandon the book without hesitation...
Just so straightforward!
Lao Zhang hesitated and said, "This doesn't seem to be a fantasy novel. There are no special abilities, but it is full of a sense of time. Moreover, the novel seems to be telling a story about tomb robbery?"
"Keep listening."
Yang Feng said with a bitter face.
Although he thought this was unreliable, when he first got "Zhu Xian" last time, he also felt that the Xianxia genre was unreliable...
With the experience from last time, Yang Feng didn’t dare to make a premature judgment this time.
Old Zhang nodded and said nothing.
As they listened, they became a little entranced.
In order to deal with his uncle, Hu Guohua went home and found a craftsman in the village who made paper figures, the kind that are burned for the dead. The craftsman was very skilled. He made a paper woman for Hu Guohua as required, and painted eyebrows, eyes, nose, clothes and head with watercolors. From a distance, hey, it really looked like a living person.
"hiss."
Lao Zhang felt a little uncomfortable.
Yang Feng also got goosebumps, always feeling that this kind of paper figure was a bit creepy.
However, the two were curious about how the story would develop next.
Then the atmosphere was silent, with only the voice continuing:
A few days later, the uncle came to visit his nephew's wife. At this moment, the curtain of the inner room was lifted and a woman came out. The woman was fair and clean, with a big face, a big butt and small feet. Hu Guohua's heart suddenly skipped a beat. Oh, isn't this the paper figurine I asked someone to make? How did it come to life
Yang Feng and Lao Zhang were shocked.
It’s not really scary, but I always feel that this kind of thing makes my scalp numb and my whole body uncomfortable, just like the ghost stories that were passed down by the old people in the countryside when I was a child.
Inexplicably creepy.
The same is true of the people in the book: Hu Guohua looked at the woman sitting opposite him and felt sick as if he had eaten a fly. His scalp couldn't help but feel numb. The face of this paper figure was extremely white, without any blood color, and the redness on her face was all smeared with rouge...
There happened to be a traffic jam at this time.
Yang Feng and Lao Zhang were not in a hurry. They just listened to the voice and continued to read the story of "Ghost Blowing Out the Light".
The white paper man is just the beginning of the story.
The voiceover later read the part about the mouse smoking opium, which was weird but also a bit humorous...
The first half of the Ancient City of Jingjue ends at the underground military fortress at Heifengkou in Yerengou. It is mainly a framework and platform construction, and there are no clues that are clearly related to the main line.
I want to write this half in the style of folk tales or rural gossip.
In the second half, the archaeological team entered the desert to search for the ancient city of Jingjue and touched upon distinct geographical and cultural elements.
The Western Desert, Peacock River, Shuangsheng Mountain, Thirty-Six Kingdoms, Loulan Female Corpse, Dunhuang Murals, etc. are all on display.
The traffic was stuck for a long time.
When the road was reopened to traffic, the story had already reached its exciting point.
Things like zongzi, tomb robbing, evil spirits, and tomb-raiding lieutenants, etc., were all introduced in detail.
at the same time.
The suspense and horror flavor of the adapted story also emerged, and the level of horror directly crushed the white paper man at the beginning, so that when the car stopped in the alley in front of Lao Zhang's house, Lao Zhang felt a chill on his back.
"Xiao Yang..."
"What's wrong?"
"Please send me off..."
"Aren't you home yet?"
"Look at this alley, it's so dark, doesn't it look like a passage in a tomb? I remember there were wild cats at the intersection..."
"I'll turn on my high beam for you..."
Yang Feng was also feeling very nervous and frightened at this moment.
When he was driving just now, he happened to hear something scary and couldn't help but be dazed for a moment. It was only because Lao Zhang reminded him that he braked in time.
"That's fine."
Old Zhou got out of the car hesitantly, and reminded Yang Feng to drive carefully when he got back. He couldn't help but said, "Send me the novel as well. I know the rules and won't leak it."
Yang Feng couldn't help but ask, "You're so scared, why are you still watching?"
Old Zhou said quietly, "Chu Kuang's book has created a new genre. It's both scary and interesting..."
"All right."
Yang Feng admitted that Lao Zhou was right.
This "Ghost Blows Out the Light" is not a fantasy novel at all, but a very exciting, scary and fresh tomb-robbing novel!
First person
Doesn't seem to be a big problem...
When it comes to a sufficiently exciting story, the writing style of the novel is not the point. What Yang Feng is more worried about now is whether "Ghost Blows Out the Light" will scare children