"... a big monster?" Yuan Yuanyuan sat up cross-legged, "This... the magic monster who pretended to be loyal and rebelled but was eventually killed?"
"Yes, that's him." Fat Cat licked his beard again. "When I was very young, my grandfather told me this story. At that time, I wanted to know who this person was. Later, I looked it up and found out that this person was Yuan."
"How... did you figure that out?" Yuan Yuanyuan crossed her legs, hugged a quilt and sat there, looking like she was humbly seeking advice.
"This is a story that has been circulating in the demon world for a long time. Adults usually tell it to children when they are young, telling them to run away quickly when they see a big demon. There are several other stories in the same series, but in those stories, the little demons suffer. This is the only one that suffers a big demon."
Fat Cat paused for a moment, then suddenly added, "I always feel that because this story is about a great monster being in trouble, it is the most widely circulated of those stories."
“…Is it because everyone likes to see big monsters get into trouble?” Yuan Yuanyuan asked.
"You can say that." The fat cat lowered his head and began to lick his paws.
"Don't... don't keep licking me. I don't want my pillow to be covered with your saliva." Yuan Yuanyuan pulled the fat cat's paw down. "How did you find out later?"
"Just a little bit, right? Although this is a story and may differ from reality in some ways, some of the information is very reliable, such as the 'civil strife after World War I'." Fat Cat said, "That period of time corresponds to the famous Hongshajing War in history. This is what humans call it, but most of the little monsters don't know it and only say 'civil strife after World War I', just like you."
"The Battle of Hongshajing, I know this. Isn't it the war that Yiqi fought back then?" Yuan Yuanyuan said.
"The Hongshajing War lasted for a long time." Fat Cat said, "It's not just that one time. It refers to the collective name of all the wars that took place when the Blood Jade Demon Army rose up in the late period of World War I, just like the Civil War or the Liberation War."
As he spoke, he jumped onto the table and said, "It's not easy to find a really knowledgeable cat like me these days. Don't you have a little notebook? Take it out and write it down for me."
"Oh!" Yuan Yuanyuan suddenly came to her senses and quickly turned around to get her notebook.
…
Liu An frowned as he looked at the plot in the comic.
As he read, he thought, isn't this what San Dao Ba told him a few days ago...
In fact, there are many discrepancies between what Three Scars said and what is in the comics. At least Three Scars definitely didn't tell him in such detail. Such a rough guy doesn't look like someone who can tell a good bedtime story. If he really told a bedtime story like an old lady... that would be a weird picture.
He just mentioned it casually to Liu An that day, because Liu An wanted to know some customs in this regard during those days, so he asked a few questions.
Ji Qiu expanded this a lot...
Liu An looked at the scene and suddenly a wonderful idea popped into his mind.
In the future, could he just briefly mention one or two things he wants to know in his daily life, and then see if Ji Qiu would explain them to him in detail in the comics
Well... the idea... is indeed a good one.
…but the operability is a bit difficult.
Liu An shook his head, put the idea aside, and continued reading alone.
Just when "Fanin" and his friend were talking to each other in the cartoon, the picture suddenly changed, and a scene was inserted in as if it was a flashback.
There was a man... He lowered his head, quietly fiddling with something in his hand, holding a pen in his right hand, and with his fair and slender hand, he slowly and quietly drew a beautiful red plum blossom on a bottle.
The red plum blossom is long and curved, looking particularly graceful, slender and thin, with a large blank space left next to it.
There was no expression on his face. He just looked at the red plum blossom in his hand seriously. While painting, he slowly turned the bottle.
A pair of eyes stared at the bottle in his hand, blinking occasionally, with long eyelashes like feathers.
This big monster... is too miserable. What happened to the little monster? At this moment, the voice-over of "Fanning" suddenly sounded.
"That little monster..." His friend's voice also rang out, "Who knows, but I feel like his end is not going to be very good... The big monster had such a miserable end, so the end of this little monster must not be very good either, but it's better than dying in jail anyway."
The scene suddenly cut back to Fanning.
"Ah?" Fanning asked, "After all this time... you still don't know who this little monster is?"
"I... How should I know!" His friend started to get angry again, "Why are you asking so many questions? This is a story! A story! Who would need to find a source and a place to tell a story to a child?"
…
"So I found all the clues according to that story, and sorted out the sources and destinations." Fat Cat nestled in Yuan Yuanyuan's legs.
He said as he recalled, "The war back then corresponds to the Hongshajing War, and the civil strife in the story is the civil strife in the later period of Hongshajing, that is, the civil strife caused by bloodline cleansing. The big monster in the Blood Jade Monster Army corresponds to Yiqi, and the little monster corresponds to the monster on the cover this time. They were indeed famous good friends back then... I seriously suspect that this story actually implies some of the truth about the cause of Yiqi's death back then."
"Teacher, why did you talk about my legs?" Yuan Yuanyuan asked.
"Because it's warm, you just turned on the electric blanket. Don't you know what's going on?"
"How much does your butt weigh? Don't you have any idea?" Yuan Yuanyuan asked.
"Shut up, you unfilial student." The fat cat swung his tail fiercely at Yuan Yuanyuan. "Just listen to me carefully. Why are you talking so much nonsense?"
"Oh." Yuan Yuanyuan sat back down with a grumble. She was silent for a while, then suddenly asked, "So you say... were these two good friends back then?"
"Exactly... how gay can it be?"
"My grandfather told me that these two were known as the "Two Flowers of the Army", the face of the army. Whenever the army needed to do any propaganda, they would call on them. They were the kind of people who would hold a sign that said 'The Army Welcomes You!' and stand at the door with a kind look on their faces." said Fat Cat.
"Is that little monster also from the Blood Jade Demon Army?"
"No." Fat Cat said, "He was not selected... but from another army. How difficult was it to join the Blood Jade Army back then? How could an insect monster like him get in?"
"Didn't the 17th one go in?"
"Yiqi is Yiqi." Fat Cat said, "The races of the monsters in the Blood Jade Monster Army are all kept secret. The few known ones have obvious characteristics and cannot be concealed. But from the beginning to the end, no one knows what race Yiqi is. I think that although his family has been defeated, his ancestors should have very powerful monster bloodline."
Yuan Yuanyuan stroked the cat in her hand unconsciously, and was scratched again before she reacted. She was thinking about the fact that Siqun and Yiqi were gay friends back then.
After thinking for a long time, Yuan Yuanyuan suddenly spoke slowly.
She didn't know what her mood was, she just suddenly wanted to talk to someone.
"Fat Cat... that little monster... You actually saw him that day. He's actually stupid now, you know? And the fucking thing is that he's not only stupid, but also fierce..."
"Ah... Actually, I can see a little bit." Fat Cat shook his tail, "After all, they were the four groups of Gu Kings in the northwest back then, how could they be afraid of blood?"
"I remember you and Hei Hongse both know him." Yuan Yuanyuan lowered her head. "Is the fourth group famous?"
"The famous Li Siqun?" Fat Cat said, "I don't know what his name was before, but back then in the Northwest Gu Kiln, he was the fourth Gu King who survived in the kiln, so everyone called him Siqun afterwards."
…
The one in white! Damn, he's so handsome!
He should be a big monster, right? I really want to take a look at him... Or maybe we should go see the handsome guy in white clothes after watching Yuan...
"The one in white clothes! He's not the big monster! He's the little monster! Little monster!" Gao Ling shouted wildly into the microphone.
The chat bar on the computer froze for a second.
Damn... The boss's heart-wrenching voice is my ears.
Why is the boss so excited? What did the boss just say? Isn't that big monster the one in white clothes
But according to Ji Qiu, the guy in white clothes should be one of the big monster and the small monster...
"I know what you mean! But it's not what you think!" Gao Ling continued to shout into the microphone, "Ji Qiu's way of drawing is very misleading, but it's not like this. He used ancient costumes and hairstyles to mislead readers, but the body shape will not change."
Gao Ling said as he took a screenshot, "Look at this silhouette. I used Photoshop to close it up. The body shape is basically the same. The only difference is the clothes and hairstyle."
She took a screenshot of the picture on her computer and sent it to them. Immediately, everyone in the group was shocked. What the hell is going on? Why is the combination so stable
Oh my god, without the clothes and hair, it's exactly the same person... Why didn't I see it just now
You are worthy of being called a master, with such observation skills! How did you find out
Gao Ling actually didn't notice it at first... But she had studied painting after all, and was sensitive to the human body. There was a picture in the painting that made her inexplicably concerned.
So she searched for several hours before she found a picture of Yuan. She used PS to zoom in and out and compared them, and found that it was indeed the same person.
But there are definitely not many people who can tell... Ji Qiu is amazing, just by changing his hair and clothes, he is a completely different person.
…Or maybe Yuan was just too amazing. Just by changing his clothes and hairstyle, he became a completely different person.
Gao Ling's heart was inexplicably agitated. She sat on the chair, looking at the door with her side profile. The screen in front of her was refreshing one by one. Wait, if this big monster is Yuan... Oh my god!
So Yuan saved the little monster back then, and because of the little monster, he ended up in a miserable state... It should be like this, right
Me, my mom... Did we accidentally discover some truth
Great detective, has anyone else discovered this online? Or are we the only ones who discovered this
Gao Ling stared at the door for a long while. Suddenly, the door opened and her mother walked in. "Xiao Ling'er? Why haven't you gone to bed yet?"
"Ah, I'll go to sleep right away." Gao Ling suddenly seemed to have just woken up. She quickly turned around to turn off the computer, then picked up her mobile phone and got into bed, secretly watching under the quilt.
The reaction in the group has changed from "I go, how could that person be Yuan?" at the beginning to "What the hell!! That person is Yuan!!!"
Oh my god... If that person is Yuan... Oh my god, this foreshadowing is too big and too scary... I can't accept it...
Damn, I can’t accept it even more… When I think about the fact that this monster actually exists in the three-dimensional world, I can’t accept it even more…
Yeah, wait... this person actually exists in the third dimension? ! ! How come I just forgot about this? ! !
! !
Ahhhhhhhhh! Mom, I can’t sleep tonight, help me!
Gao Ling looked at the records in the chat bar, and suddenly he felt a little weird in his heart.
Oh my god... This person exists in the three-dimensional world... He is not just a paper man...
And she had met him once.
…Can we meet again
She turned her head to look at the small talisman that had just been sent to the bedside, hung it a little more straight, then buried her head in the quilt, and suddenly let out a strange laugh.