For the ancient people who lacked entertainment, listening to storytellers telling stories and watching theatrical troupes performing was a rare form of entertainment.
Just one or two copper coins were enough to pass the day.
Some theatrical troupes and storytellers would even go to the countryside to hold activities. Every time they appeared, it would cause riots among the people in the surrounding villages.
Judging by their fanaticism, they were almost as fanatical as the fans in the livestream room.
Under Wei Ci's control, all kinds of 'depressing' stories spread from Wanzhou to other parts of the country, earning countless sympathy and tears.
The people enjoyed the show and went back contentedly. However, the more they thought about the previous plot, the more they felt that something was wrong.
"Second Aunt, do you know about the crazy widow in the south village?"
Second Aunt said, "That crazy woman? I passed by her house a few days ago. She grabbed a handful of dog dung and threw it at people. It was so disgusting. "
The woman's face was pale as she said, "Second Aunt, you don't know … That crazy widow wasn't crazy in the past. It was because a few idle old men in the village dragged her daughter to the mountains and played her to death. They lied and said that she was bitten to death by a bear … The crazy widow saw her daughter's corpse and couldn't take the shock, so she went crazy. She threw dog dung at people. Do you know who she hit? Those bastards' grandsons … "
After Second Aunt heard this, she couldn't help but suck in a breath of cold air.
She said, "Isn't … isn't this the play just now?"
The woman gritted her teeth and nodded heavily.
The new play performed by the theatrical troupe just now was adapted from a novelist's new book.
The content of the new book was simple. It was about a young girl named Gu Sanniang. In order to escape being sold by her stepmother to a crippled old man, she fled the village in the middle of the night to join the army and become a female soldier. After several years of war, she followed her lord to conquer the world and finally returned to her hometown in glory.
Apart from Gu Sanniang, the character who received the most attention in this new play was Gu Sanniang's best friend, Ajia. Ajia was intelligent, witty, and beautiful. Most importantly, she was brave and resourceful. Gu Sanniang's courage to escape marriage and join the army was largely due to Ajia's help.
The people watching the play especially hoped that Ajia would leave the village, but Ajia was filial to her widowed mother and chose to stay in the village.
A few years later, Gu Sanniang returned to her hometown in glory.
The last scene was about Gu Sanniang riding a horse back to the village, imagining Ajia's current appearance. The person who played the role of Gu Sanniang was a talented girl who was good at talking and singing. She imagined that Ajia had married a good man, had a son and a daughter, and had a beautiful career and family …
In short, in Gu Sanniang's eyes, a beautiful person like Ajia was qualified to be an empress.
In the end …
After returning to the village, Gu Sanniang met with Ajia's mother, who had gone crazy. She learned from her mother that Ajia had died four or five years ago.
Just as the common people and Gu Sanniang were guessing the cause of Ajia's death, the crazy widow mother wept and told the truth.
Ajia is still more than a year away from her marriageable age. She looks more and more beautiful. Several old men in the village have been coveting her for a long time. When Ajia's widowed mother went out to work, they used the excuse that "the widowed mother fell in the field" to lure Ajia out. They tortured her to death and left her without a complete corpse.
Gu's killing to revenge for Jia's revenge, but of of the story. but. by scenes. by. by. by, Gu of Of the drama.
The play reminded them of the daughter of the mad widow years ago!
Except for this new play, the other plays were also of the same theme.
Even if it was a happy ending, the people always felt that something was stuck in their throats. They were so disgusted that they couldn't breathe.
Whether it was Ajia or Wei Ci's Cui Niang and Little Brother, their lives were destined to be gloomy.
Second Aunt came back from washing clothes. When she passed by a house, she saw an old man sitting on the other side of the fence and staring at her chest. She was so angry that she spat on the old man's face. "Bah! Old man, you will get what you deserve! "
Without waiting for the old man to react, Second Aunt walked back home with heavy steps, swaying her hips.
Of course, these plots were not coincidences.
When Han Yu checked the related files from all over the country, Wei Ci picked a few typical ones as materials.
He would not interfere with what the novelists wrote, as long as the content was not illegal.
But this time, the novel with a theme was released, which limited the content and theme of everyone's new book.
No one had any objection to this. They were considered to be working for the government. Writing novels was not only to realize their own ideals, but also to make a living. Wei Ci treated them well. It was not difficult at all for them to write some novels with a theme according to the requirements.
The new books of these novelists had even been criticized by later generations as the "Revenge on Society Series", "Realistic School of Darkness" novels.
Wei Ci's Biography of Cui Niang was the founder of this genre.
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With the ferment of public opinion, the people's debate on these matters became more and more intense.
Wanzhou, which had been in constant turmoil since the beginning of the year, was shrouded in a depressing atmosphere.
Jiang Pengji was the center of this atmosphere. Even the salted fish in the streaming room could feel it, let alone the dog who worked overtime.
"In order to escape punishment, they forced girls into prostitution. Why are these people reading the books of the sages? Aren't they afraid that the sages will scold them in their dreams at night?" Jiang Pengji was also angered by these people's actions. She had seen shameless people, but she had never seen such shameless people. "They are all f * cking beasts!"
Jiang Pengji was so angry that she swore.
Qiguan Rang, Wei Ci, and the others looked down, as if they did not hear their lord's indecent words.
What else could they do?
Their lord was so angry that she slapped the custom-made copper table seven or eight times, each deeper than the other. It looked like it was going to be scrapped and redone.
Their bodies were not as tough as that table. How could they dare to replace it?
In addition, everyone looked down on those men who used unscrupulous means to curry favor.
In troubled times, there were many loopholes in the management of the good and lowly families, but it was rare to see a good family being forced into a lowly one so blatantly.
Feng Jin said calmly, "They are just people who become arrogant and forget themselves once they become rich. They are greedy and unquenchable. They are not worthy of my lord's anger."
Although he did not care much about family status, he also had to say that there were very few people who could still keep their hearts after the poor became rich. If the problem of the gentry was that they did not want to make progress and were mediocre and inactive, then the problem of the commoners was that they were greedy and unquenchable.
But for Jiang Pengji, no matter which group dominated, it was not a good thing.
She had never been someone who liked to feel wronged. Those people had violated her taboo. How could she let them go?
"That's what I say, but I still feel a little angry. Just the things that have been shaken out are already unsightly. Who knows what is hidden in places that we can't see? If we allow these beasts to climb up, I don't know how many innocent lives will be lost! " Jiang Pengji said, "I originally wanted to let them go and give them a small punishment as a warning. Now it seems that we have to punish them severely to warn the others!"
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