Impressionism is a synonym for a certain genre of Danqing in Qinglong's era. Seeing Xun Yi's painting, Qinglong could only express it so euphemistically.

Xun Yi thought this was a compliment to himself, and smiled with satisfaction: "Let someone frame my painting tomorrow." ”

Putting the drawing paper aside, Xun Yi took out his manuscript.

Although Xunjia Publishing House employs a lot of writers, it often opens the skylight because of efficiency problems, so Xun Yi himself has to rush to fill in the manuscript.

"Mountain Ghost. Xun Yi smeared on the white paper and conceived the next plot.

The four most important steps in writing a novel are soul, bone, flesh, and skin.

Intention, this is the soul of a novel, the idea to be expressed, and the Tao in writing, which is the realm that all literati dream of.

Outline, this is the skeleton of a novel, the main plot, and the development of the subplot, all need to be listed in advance. Only with a clear outline can you write a novel in one go.

Plot, this is the flesh and blood of a novel. There is no plot, just by using writing and rhetoric to describe it, it is a pity to abandon the tasteless food, and outsiders will just watch it lively.

When writing a novel, the most important thing is to first choose the spirit you want to express and what you want to tell with this article.

Secondly, it is to list the outline, and then fill in the plot chapter by chapter. As for the final touch-up, that's the skin painting step. Don't underestimate this last step, there is no final packaging, even if it tells the story, it is just a shriveled steamed bun, but if it is carefully crafted, smeared with honey on the outside, and carefully packaged. Ordinary hot steamed bread has one copper plate, while brown sugar steamed bread has three copper plates, and the value is immediately highlighted.

When he first opened "Mountain Ghost", Xun Yi was just to fill the gap between the two authors who delayed the manuscript, and he was not ready to write. But now that he has come around from the library, Xun Yi has the heart to sketch this book well.

Qinglong looked through the manuscript on the side and asked, "What story do you want to express?" Qinglong read the beginning, which is about the story of a mortal girl who turned into a mountain ghost after her death, and went down the mountain to find her life because she was not over.

Xun Yi asked rhetorically: "Danxin Minghu realm, but anyone who reads my books can pass on the tone to me." So, if they do me what the book says, will it do me any good?"

"The ancient sages were educated by virtue, if you can use books to help people enlighten and guide people to good deeds, this is also a way of education. Naturally, there is merit to be taken. ”

Then, intention is a good word. Xun Yi wrote the seal script on the white paper, and the heart of heaven shook in the dark, and the Lingtai merit tree also continued to shine and echo.

"Since the beginning of the rebellion of the previous dynasty, foreign civilizations have been introduced to our dynasty. Money first, violence first, moral degradation, and the collapse of etiquette. Now I am in accordance with the mandate of heaven to put things right, but the folk atmosphere still has the bad habits of the previous dynasty. Parents sell their children, children do not support their parents, filial piety collapses, and there are many complaints. ”

Although the Great Zhou Dynasty set up a village school and forced all children to be educated, there were always some remnants of the previous dynasty.

For example, when children grow up, they sweep their parents out of the house, leaving them to be bedded, and eventually starve, cold, and die in the wilderness. The beautiful name said: "My parents have been born and raised for 20 years, and I have taken care of my parents for 20 years, so I have settled my grievances and grievances, and I don't have to live or die for my parents." So he left the house after 20 years of bending.

Another example is that after parents give birth to their children, they sell them directly, or they are used as coolies from an early age, or as sacrifices to foreign gods, or they are directly served as dishes on the dinner table.

In those days, human relations were extremely weak.

Cannibalism, this is the most famous "feigned yang banquet" of the previous dynasty.

Feints, not pretended here. Rather, it refers to a man being obedient as a sheep, and eating him as a sheep on two feet.

"Do you know roast duck paws?"

"The one that is said to walk on the iron plate with a live duck?" Qinglong had a bad association in his mind: "Could it be ......?"

"The Dolan people apply this dish to people and call it roasted human trotters. "Hoofs are the feet of a man like a sheep's hoof.

"There is also the custom of eating what to make up for something, so in order to entertain the Dolan people, the emperor of the previous dynasty would use live people to cook and smash open the brain shell to suck the brain. ”

Of course, before the early cannibalism was not popularized, the people who were qualified to eat like this were generally exotic Dolans. The previous dynasty infinitely worshipped foreign civilizations, was ashamed of their origins, and respected the Dolan Empire as their father.

There was even an emperor who made flattering words: "Raise the strength of the whole clan to serve the favor of your father's country, and only ask to be reborn in Dolan in the next life, and no longer be a pariah." ”

"The previous dynasty actually said such a thing?" Qinglong was shocked when he heard Xun Yi's description: "The bloodline of Emperor Xuanyuan and Emperor Yan flowed into the human race together, but all the descendants of Yan and Huang have the bloodline of the Second Emperor. When it comes to honor, only the descendants of the gods can be compared in a foreign land. But even the strongest of the Nine God Kings didn't dare to despise His Majesty's descendants so much!"

Xun Yi also learned about the black history of the previous dynasty when he was a city god. The present dynasty was reluctant to admit the previous dynasty when compiling the history books, and said that he inherited it from Gu Zhao and erased the record of the previous dynasty from the roots. Therefore, the common people do not know about the history of the previous dynasty at all.

"The previous dynasty worshiped the martial arts of another continent. Choosing someone to be an official is either a powerful warrior or a rich man with a lot of money. According to their personalities, how can they govern the country? How can they know how to govern the country? In just 30 years, the unity of the entire dynasty collapsed and entered the era of wars and chaos among the princes. Warriors build up their power and rule one side by themselves. It is also because everyone worships force and absurd agriculture, and finally ****** one by one, and there is a tradition of 'changing children and eating' in the later period. ”

Of course, at the beginning of the dynasty, human sacrifice and cannibalism were taboos and iron laws that could not be violated. ”

"......" Qinglong listened, his heart cold. The Yanhuang people are all descendants of the two Heavenly Emperors, and every Yanhuang people have the blood of the Heavenly Emperor.

"Since Gu Zhao is a Zhao person, the surname Zhao can be traced back to the source of His Majesty's descendants. And ......" Qinglong couldn't help but glance at Xun Yi, Xun Yi's body was very thick with Emperor Xuanyuan's blood, and he was already on the verge of awakening. Not only the paternal line, but the maternal family also definitely has Xuanyuan blood.

"Gu Zhao was destroyed, and the previous dynasty worshiped a foreign god, and he actually killed the remnants of the Heavenly Emperor like this? What did those people in the Heavenly Court eat? The battle situation in the Xuanyuan era would not have been so miserable. ”

Since the Xuanyuan era, the balance of victory in the Otherworldly War has tilted in favor of the heavenly court. The existence of the Nine God King level of the other party can take out dozens of people in Heavenly Court. How could this kind of combat power allow the other party to hit Zhongzhou again?

"Except for the initial advantage of the Yan Emperor era because of the other party's sneak attack, we have always pressed them to fight. "Qinglong didn't understand where the alien god got that kind of combat power after thinking about it.

"Unless it's our people who release water...... Wait......" Qinglong thought of a certain possibility.

Emperor Yan ruled the world with the god of blessing, and the Yellow Emperor ruled the world with the god of kings. The so-called king god is the way of the human emperor.

Xuanyuan scattered the bloodline into the human race, and the successive generations of the human lords in the Xuanyuan era had the Xuanyuan bloodline, and with the help of the power of the people, they could give birth to a large number of five-fold Taichangtian king gods. King Yu, King Wen and even Emperor Qin and Han Wu were all born as human kings.

Every human king calls himself the "Son of Heaven". The pride of the sky, this is after Emperor Xuanyuan. Since Xuanyuan ascended to the Heavenly Emperor, the imperial lineage has been passed down among the descendants of Xuanyuan.

Any descendant of Yan Huang has Xuanyuan blood, this is not a lie.

"Every lord of the kingdom who sacrifices to God will be blessed by the Emperor of Heaven and open his own Xuanyuan Emperor's blood on the road to the king of men. Even after the collapse of Emperor Xuanyuan, in the years of Emperor Longxiang, it should be the world of King Xuanyuan. ”

Gu Zhao is a descendant of Xuanyuan, and this cannot be faked.

Qinglong tentatively asked about the dynasties before Gu Zhao, and Xun Yi said a lot of names by heart.

Yan Liu, Li Tang, these are all the people of his time, the royal family.

"So, the reason why the previous dynasty appeared was to cut off the inheritance of the Xuanyuan Emperor's lineage?" Qinglong felt a chill, he heard Xun Yi say that the current Emperor Gaozu of the Great Zhou Dynasty has the bloodline of Emperor Longxiang.

"With the help of foreign races, cleanse the Xuanyuan Emperor lineage, and then support your own bloodline to ascend to the throne, and then continue the reign of the King God Emperor?"

What is the chaos of the previous dynasty, this is clearly using the alien god as a knife, and with the help of hundreds of years of rise and fall, the power of the Xuanyuan vein will be uprooted little by little.

"The relationship between the dragon and the human race is actually so bad today?"

The era in which Qinglong was located was the middle of the Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor, and the relationship between humans and dragons was excellent at that time. Today's Emperor Longxiang is still Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor himself, and he married his princess to Emperor Longxiang.

Qinglong originally wanted to use Xun Yi's power to resurrect and leave Xun Yi directly and go to Heaven to find his former companions. But now seeing this situation, I hesitate. Is today's dragon still not the dragon he knew at the beginning?

Xun Yi didn't know what Qinglong was thinking, so he put pen to paper and wrote: "The previous dynasty finally attracted the wrath of the heavens and the resentment of the people, and the royal family of the previous dynasty entered the netherworld, and now they are still suffering in the bottomless purgatory. Xun Yi said: "But the impact of the previous dynasty's collapse of etiquette and morality is too great. In writing, if I can influence some people a little bit with books, it will be considered my merit. ”

The Tao moves with the world, and the so-called Tao is not to pass on one's own Tao step by step, but to look at the heaven and earth, conform to the Tao, and choose its needs.

Nowadays, etiquette and music have collapsed, and promoting morality is a good deed that conforms to the way of heaven and humanity.

After the initial good words, he wrote down the five words "righteousness", "filial piety", "faith", "friend" and "sincerity".

This is Xun Yi's intention, the core of the whole story.

After the idea, he compiled an outline, experienced all kinds of joys and sorrows when looking for his life experience in the mortal world from the perspective of a mountain ghost, and enlightened others and spread good ways through small stories.

"If you write like this, you need to accumulate a lot of experience on a daily basis. But you're just a little ghost, where did you get this insight to conceive stories?"

"I don't have it, but I can buy it. Xun Yi poured a large pile of manuscripts from the drawer: "I used to be idle and had nothing to do, so I went to the market to listen to stories and bought them with money." That's enough for what has been accumulated now. ”

Seeing a thick pile of stories, Qinglong smacked his tongue. Opportunities are always given to those who are prepared.

Selecting stories from the story collection, Xun Yi interspersed nine short stories in addition to the main line of looking for his life experience.

"The first story, the headless ghost. ”

"Headless, that's not what you're talking about, is it?"

"Personal experience some time ago. Xun Yi thought of Hu Daling and Liu Xun, with a complicated look on his face. I don't know how their family is doing now.

Write down a detailed outline of the story. This story is the first incident that the mountain ghost woman encounters after coming down the mountain. Encounter a headless ghost in the middle of a barren mountain, help him find his head from a pile of rubble, and listen to him tell him what happened to him.

Roughly, it is about a country whose lord likes to eat human brains, and he has to choose some people to eat every year. It just so happened that this year I found the man's son. And in order to protect his son, this man himself stepped forward and let his wife escape with his son.

"Father's love?" Qinglong muttered, does anyone take this kind of story seriously? But seeing the name of the lord of the country, Qinglong's heart moved, this is an allusion to the previous dynasty?

Xun Yi also seemed to react, and immediately crossed out the name of the former lord of the dynasty and replaced it with "King Wu of Jiguo", alluding to the meaning of nonsense.

Turning the history of the previous dynasty into a novel, satirizing the previous dynasty that led to the destruction of the family, and through the mouth of this headless ghost, the life experience of the mountain ghost is preliminarily analyzed, and the next plot is opened.

Xun Yi wrote for two hours, and then spent energy transcribing it on a blank paper. I yawned, but I couldn't bear the drowsiness, so I went to bed.

The green dragon fluttered and leisurely, and saw the tone flowing on the paper, in addition to the tone like a white cloud, there were also five colors of light. These five-colored lights belong to humanity, which is humane and promotes goodness, and Xun Yi's literary and ideological spirit.