Chapter 514: The Miserable Su Family [Six Thousand Chapters]
Entering Shendu, the first thing you see is a main road that can drive eight carriages side by side. However, despite such a wide road, it is still crowded with people and airtight, which shows the large population of Shendu.
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"It deserves to be the capital of the gods. It's really different." Su Ping'an couldn't help but sigh.
He still remembers that when he first arrived at Daming Mansion, he was amazed by the prosperity of Daming Mansion. However, when he saw the grand scene of the Divine Capital again today, he couldn't help but feel a little overwhelmed.
Su Pingan chuckled and shook his head, then raised his feet and blended into the crowd in front of him.
"The fragrant eight-treasure rice is sweet, glutinous and non-sticky to your teeth. Come and try it all..."
"The flavored dried meat from the north is full of texture. Sir, why don't you weigh ten kilograms and go back to try it out?"
"All kinds of four treasures of the study, essential items for scribes, exquisite in shape, high in quality and low in price, don't miss it..."
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Su Pingan passed through the noisy crowd and went straight to a restaurant.
"Dragon and Phoenix Tower, is this implying that everyone who can come here is either a dragon or a phoenix?!"
Su Ping'an glanced at the name of the store, and it looked a bit impressive.
But these are just some little tricks of businessmen, just for some gimmicks.
Walking into the restaurant, the decoration inside is quite good. Not only is it full of nobility and elegance, but there is also a sense of craftsmanship and craftsmanship in it. It makes people feel that coming here can not only enhance their class and status, but also not make people feel uncomfortable.
He is a nouveau riche, so being able to do this shows that this restaurant is extraordinary.
Su Ping'an saw all this, nodded secretly, and then casually wandered around the store.
When entering a restaurant in Shendu, the first thing you should look at is the Wen Bang.
When you come to the literature list, you can just swipe at it and you will see the scores of the books on it. On the literature ranking list, the total number of readers is either hundreds of thousands or millions. The number of readers alone is more than that of famous books.
Any restaurant in Daming Prefecture has done a lot, and even Daming Prefecture’s list cannot even match the popularity of this restaurant.
"This restaurant alone has a total visitor count of several million in a month. This is too exaggerated."
Su Ping'an was secretly dumbfounded by this.
You know, "Dou Po" has been in Damingfu for so long, almost a year, and it has only accumulated more than 10 million. However, in just one store in one month, the number one book has 6 million copies.
The total number of viewers is simply terrifying!
He briefly browsed through the books on the literature list and found that the story of Shendu was quite different from that of Daming Mansion.
The scribes in Daming Mansion wrote books only after the appearance of the 'Wandering Blue Star', which stimulated the minds of major literary cultivators and made them come up with many different stories. But here in the Capital of Gods, in
Before "Wandering Blue Star" was spread, many different themes appeared here.
Such as farming stories, sweet pet stories, and disaster stories... Although these stories have not yet been clearly defined, and most of them are still being explored and evolved in these themes, it is not difficult to find their positive and progressive thoughts.
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There are also some "Xianxian" type story books, in which various magic weapons and monsters have appeared. At first glance, they seem to be a combination of "Liao Zhai" and "Contemporary Fantasy", and the cultivation system used is not so
It's clear, but the positioning is a little vague, but Su Ping'an can still tell that this is a book on the edge of the primary 'xianxia' theme.
"It's interesting. The style of writing in Shendu is indeed better than other places. Even the story themes are much more complex and fresh than other places..."
Su Ping'an finally had a general understanding of the storybook in Shendu.
However, he did not come to the restaurant to explore these things this time. When he first came to Shendu, he had to find out what happened to the Su family first.
In the letter, the old man Luo Lie simply said that something happened to the Su family, but he didn't know the specific cause, so Su Pingan had to investigate it all by himself.
As for checking information, it is naturally the easiest place to inquire in places like major restaurants and flower houses where there is a lot of traffic.
"Little Er, let me have a few plates of your signature dishes and a bottle of sake."
Su Pingan then found a seat on the second floor where there were many people and sat down. After sitting down, he focused on his surroundings and listened to the words exchanged by the guests.
However, there was too much chatter around, and the content of the exchanges between those people was all about discussing some storybooks in the store. They were either talking about so-and-so opening a new book, or which story about so-and-so was so irritating... In short,
It was some inconsistent news that made Su Ping'an frown frequently.
"Oh, by the way, have you gone to see it today? "Dragon Movie" has already topped the rookie list!"
"What, so fast?"
"Seriously? I've already said that it can take first place, but you still don't believe it. Now let's see what happens. You're right, huh..."
"This "Tian Long Ba Bu" is really amazing. Not only did this book create a new genre of "martial arts", it also directly established its reputation as the first "martial arts" book. Now it has won the first place on the rookie list.
I believe it won’t be long before it becomes a huge hit in the city of Gods!”
"More than that, I heard that the creator of "Dragon Babu", "Susheng Xiaomeng", not only created "martial arts" with one book, but also has a new work, and also created a new genre called "fantasy"
, that book seems to be called "Fights to Break the Sphere"... Yes, that's the name. It is said that this book is now very popular in Jiujiang Restaurant on Changle Street, and it has even taken the first place in "Dragon and the Eight Parts".
Although it is not on the rookie list, I think it is possible that this book will appear on the star list next month and compete head-on with 'Dragon Babu'!"
"What, this guy named 'Susheng Xiaomeng' is so powerful?"
"My two books are competing against each other on the star list? This is really unheard of..."
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A few scribes over there had a heated debate about 'Dragon and the Eight Parts' and 'Fights Break the Sphere', and were still discussing which of the two themes was more attractive. However, after Su Ping'an next to him heard what they said, he was confused.
Confused face.
""Dragon", "Fights Break the Sphere"... and "Su Sheng Xiao Meng", this should be me they are talking about, right? But when did my book come to the capital of God and become so popular all of a sudden?
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Su Ping'an couldn't help but feel like he was dreaming when he saw how those people were so enthusiastic about his books.
In order to find out the situation, Su Ping'an decided to go to the "Jiujiang Restaurant" that these people called "Jiujiang Restaurant" to get a feel for the situation and see what was going on.
After leaving the restaurant, it was already afternoon. After several inquiries, Su Ping'an finally found Changle Street. Then he followed the street and naturally saw the signboard of Jiujiang Restaurant.
Jiujiang Restaurant's shop is not big, it is about the same as Qingfeng Restaurant in Daming Mansion. Such a shop would be considered a big shop in other places, but in Shendu City, such a shop can only be considered average.
Walking into the store, Su Ping'an found that the business inside was extremely good. People were coming and going, and the place was full of guests, making it extremely noisy.
"This little brother, please come in. You look like you are from out of town. I don't know if you are going to eat or stay in a hotel. We can provide services for you here!"
Su Ping'an had just arrived in Shendu. Although he had changed his clothes, he still preferred the style of Daming Mansion. Therefore, the sophisticated shopkeeper in the store could tell that he was an outsider when he saw his dressing style.
Su Ping'an didn't mind either, he just smiled lightly, ordered a few side dishes and a pot of tea, and then struck up a conversation with the shopkeeper, "Shopkeeper, the business in your shop is good. When I was in other restaurants before, there was
It’s bigger than your place, but the business is not as good as yours, what’s going on?”
The shopkeeper was none other than Long Cheng's father.
Because the store's business has been getting better and better in the past month or two, even if it hired people, it was still too busy, so he could only make a guest appearance and help in the store. When he heard Su Pingan's words, Long's father's face changed.
He couldn't help but feel a little proud, but he still said modestly: "Young man, you don't know something. It's all because of the good storybooks in our store. As early as two or three months ago, the business in our store was actually the same.
So-so, but my son was dispatched by the Academy of Arts and went to some place in Daming Prefecture. When he came back, he brought back several new story books. He said they were written by new friends he met in Daming Prefecture.
He said those books were very good, so he signed a contract with him and brought several of his friend's books to the capital.
I originally thought that books from other places were definitely not as good as ours in Shendu, but I didn’t expect that my son’s friend was really amazing. As soon as the storybooks he wrote were hung up in our store, it didn’t take long for the store manager to discover them.
. The elder inside saw that those books were amazing, and later he worked with several old friends to recommend them to the rookie list. When people outside saw that the elder inside had taken a fancy to the books here, they all rushed in.
, and then it got out of control..."
"Is there such a thing?"
After hearing this, Su Ping'an probably figured out what was going on, and he quickly thought of who the 'son' the shopkeeper mentioned was.
Dispatched by the Academy of Arts...
Went to Daming Mansion again...
I also brought back several books by Su Pingan...
All things considered, there is no one else but Dragon City.
After attending Confucian Shengwen Mountain, Longcheng was amazed by Su Pingan's talent because of the excitement of "Wandering Blue Star". Then he went to Qingfeng Restaurant to visit Liu Qingxi and read several other books by Su Pingan.
He was so shocked that he decided to bring all of Su Ping'an's books to the capital of God.
When Long Cheng left, Su Pingan was still on his way to the Fourth Mountain, so the two did not say goodbye formally. At that time, Liu Qingxi casually mentioned it to him, and Su Pingan didn't pay attention. Unexpectedly, Long Cheng brought the book back to God.
After all, he actually became a publicity hit.
"No wonder when I was at the border, I always felt that the literary spirit was constantly improving. It turns out that in addition to Daming Mansion, there are also Shendu who are working hard..."
Su Ping'an finally figured everything out.
Father Long was still beside Su Pingan and continued to introduce: "... In addition to those few books, my son's friend is said to have created a new chess game called 'Xiangqi'. This 'Xiangqi' is even more exciting."
No, after the chief and his friends played a few games, they immediately felt that this 'xiangqi' was of great significance. As early as three months ago, they pushed this 'xiangqi' to the newspaper. It was said that it was no longer available.
How long will it take for it to pass the final review and then be published in newspapers?
This chess game was spread in our restaurant. Once it is published in newspapers, our restaurant will also become famous all over the world..."
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Su Pingan was surprised again when he heard this.
Chess?
Do you want to be published in newspapers?
Su Ping'an said it was incredible.
He used to work hard for a long time in Daming Mansion just to get "Doupo" to be reported to the police, but he didn't expect that in the end, "Xiangqi" suddenly emerged, and even he wanted to be reported to the police without even knowing it.
Reported, I have to say this is really... what a damn surprise!
Su Ping'an then thought about it and asked Father Long: "Is chess popular in the capital of China?!"
Father Long immediately stroked his long beard in his hand and said: "It's hard to say now. After all, 'Xiangqi' has not officially appeared in the newspapers. Except for our Changle Street, it is not very famous in other places in the capital. But wait until this"
After chess appears in the newspapers, I believe it will soon become popular in the entire God City... No, it will become popular in the entire Daxuan Kingdom. After all, God is the center of Confucianism and Taoism in the Daxuan Kingdom. Once something happens here
As long as fresh gadgets and good-looking books are published in newspapers, they will soon become popular throughout the Daxuan Kingdom. Even the surrounding Da Zhan, Dafeng, and Dali Kingdoms will get the news and then imitate it..."
After talking about it, Father Long's face was full of pride and pride.
Su Ping'an nodded, and then went to the store's article list to take a look.
Sure enough, on Jiujiang Restaurant's literary list, the top ten works were all Su Pingan's books.
‘Dou Po’ is first, ‘Tianlong’ is second, ‘Shooting the Condor’ is third, ‘Chess Boy’ is fourth, ‘Xiao Qian’ is fifth, ‘Green Snake’ is sixth, ‘Xiao Qian’s sequel’ is seventh...
Because when Dragon City came back, 'Wandering Blue Star' had not been officially released in Daming Mansion, so it was not brought back by Dragon City. 'Journey to the West' was only available at the border with Su Ping'an, so it was not available in Shendu either.
But even so, Su Ping'an's seven works directly dominate the top ten of the list. Just looking at the column at the back where the creators all have the pen name "Su Sheng Xiaomeng", it makes people feel...
I feel shocked.
Taking a closer look at the results of these seven books, the total number of readers of the best "Dou Po" has exceeded two million. This is only the result of Shendu alone, and it is also the result of Jiujiang Restaurant. It has only been three months, and
According to Father Long, this book will be on the star list next month.
This was not based on the recommendation of the village chief or others, but Doupo himself had fought his way up with his own strength.
The second-placed 'Tianlong' has a higher accumulation of cultural energy than 'Dou Po', because it was recommended by the village chiefs this month, entered the rookie list, and also won the first place in the rookie list, which is what the entire God City will pay attention to.
The list is naturally higher in popularity.
However, the total number of viewers is only higher than that of Jiujiang Restaurant, and in Jiujiang Restaurant, more people like to watch "Dou Po" than "Tianlong", so "Tianlong" ranks second, but the total number of viewers is also
It has reached more than 1.8 million, which is not much worse than Dou Po.
There are several other books, and the lowest total number of readers is one million. There is almost no difference. This shows how popular Su Ping'an's books are in this store, and even in the entire Changle Street.
"Sure enough, if you want to be famous, you have to be in the capital of God!" Su Ping'an sighed deeply about this.
I think he is in Damingfu. Except for "Dou Po", which has a long serialization time and a relatively large number of words, so the total number of readers and popularity exceeds one million, the other books have not yet been published in Damingfu.
Breaking through one million.
But now in the city of God, in just a few months, everything has exceeded one million. This is still just a street and has not officially reached the star list.
The huge gap is obvious at a glance.
Su Pingan then sat in the restaurant for a long time, until it was almost dusk. He thought he could see Longcheng and say hello, but he didn't expect that the latter seemed to be very busy recently and had not been back from the liberal arts college for some time.
, so Su Ping'an could only give up.
But before leaving, he remembered what he wanted to inquire about. Maybe Father Long would know, so he asked one more question, "Uncle, I came here to find someone.
I wonder if you know the Su family, an aristocratic family of Qinggui culture in the capital city of God?"
Father Long and Su Ping'an chatted for a long time in the afternoon. He also had a good impression of this handsome young man, so he thought about it and said: "Su family? You are talking about the one who fought with the Gao family on Guangping Street and then lost.
The Su family, right? Hey, when it comes to this matter, you have asked the right person, the Su family..."
Su Ping'an's expression changed slightly. He didn't expect Father Long to really know, and from his words, it seemed that the Su family's matter was not simple.
Later, through Father Long's narration, Su Ping'an finally understood everything.
It turns out that the cause of the Su family's incident was purely because of Su Mingxuan, the eldest son of the Su family.
Su Mingxuan was twenty-seven or eighty-years-old, a mature and steady man. He had always been obsessed with calligraphy and literary practice, so he never got married even when he was twenty-seven or eighty-years-old.
Until two months ago, when he was on a lake tour to seek inspiration, he accidentally met a woman. Although the two met briefly, Su Dalang fell in love with her at first sight. After several inquiries, he found out that the woman was a goddess.
The daughter of the Duluo family.
Later, Su Dalang asked someone to invite Miss Luo to travel together several times. After getting acquainted with each other for a while, the two slowly developed a love.
The young lady was seen by Gao Jin, the young master of the Gao family.
The Gao family is a wealthy family in the capital city. The head of the family, Gao Chong, is also the censor of Zuodu in the Daxuan Kingdom. He has quite a lot of connections and influence in the dynasty, which is not comparable to that of a small family like the Su family.
Gao Jin has always been conceited, and he has never failed to get anything he likes in the past.
So he pursued Miss Luo closely and ignored Su Dalang at all. Su Mingxuan had conflicts with Gao Jin several times to protect the woman he loved. Gao Jin couldn't bear it and made an appointment with Su Mingxuan.
The two of them made a bet to compete on the star list.
Su Mingxuan was also a calligrapher and literary scholar, so naturally he was not afraid of Gao Jin, so the two began to compete on the literary list for a month.
As a result, a month passed very quickly. Su Mingxuan was still strong in calligraphy and was at the eighth level of the literary master. Therefore, he made great progress on the star list, and finally got the good result of eighteenth on the star list.
Although Gao Jin is also a writer, he is more impetuous when it comes to writing stories, and most of them are erotic things. In the past, when he was at his restaurant, there were some book fans who had the same interests as him, so his grades were good.
, but once it reached the star list, the gap widened. In the end, he spent money and found people to promote it, but in the end he didn't even get on the star list.
After this incident, Gao Jin became angry and resentful of Su Dalang, so he deliberately went to Su Mingxuan and used words to stimulate the latter to accept the martial arts challenge, saying that as long as he lost again, he would never harass Su Mingxuan and Luo Luo again.
Miss Home.
In order to settle things once and for all, Su Dalang agreed. The result was that Gao Jin found someone to take action on his behalf in that martial arts fight, and the person who took action on his behalf deliberately hid his strength before the competition. On the surface, he was only at the seventh level of the literary master, but in fact he was
He is the pinnacle of the ninth level of literary master.
So in that battle, Su Dalang lost miserably, and in the end even the Wenxin tree was destroyed.
Later, Su's father learned that Su Dalang was seriously injured and would only become a disabled person in the future. This reminded Su's father of the tragic situation of his third son, Su Pingan, and he fell ill in bed in anger.
Su Mutong, the second son of the Su family, was originally an outstanding student in the liberal arts academy and was immersed in painting. It was only after some time that he went home for a gathering that he learned about his elder brother.
In order to seek justice for his eldest brother, Erlang of the Su family went to the Gao family to ask for an explanation. On the surface, Gao Chong of the Gao family pretended to scold his son and sent someone to apologize, but in fact they did not take the Su family seriously at all and apologized.
Apologizing and all that was just done by servants, just pretending.
Afterwards, Gao Jin had other thoughts. He resented that the Su family had too many people, and also resented that Su Erlang himself would be scolded by his father. So he spent a lot of money to bribe some scribes from the Academy of Painting and let them invite them.
Su Mu Tong went out drinking, and after getting Su Mu Tong drunk, he secretly found a girl from a good family and threw it on Su Mu Tong's bed. Early the next morning, he arranged for someone to deliberately lure the girl's parents to find her. Su Mu Tong was caught and raped in bed.
Suddenly, he was infamous and his reputation was ruined.
After this incident was reported to the Wenyuan, the Wenyuan had to expel Su Mutong from the Wenyuan.
What's even worse is that Su Xiaoyou, the younger sister of the Su family, was fifteen years old. She got married to someone who was good friends with the Su family just half a year ago. As a result, such things happened to the Su family one after another, and she learned that
The Su family was offending the Gao family, and they were afraid of being implicated, so the in-laws secretly found Su's father and told him that they wanted to break off the engagement.
Su's father first experienced his eldest son being deposed, qi and blood stagnation, and was seriously ill in bed, and then his second son was expelled from the literary college, and his heartache worsened. Now, his youngest daughter's engagement has been annulled. After several repeated encounters, Su's father
Finally, he couldn't hold his breath and passed away from a serious illness late one night.
After Su's father passed away, the situation of the Su family became even worse. The original bookstore in the family was also targeted by the Gao family and quickly went bankrupt. In order to treat Su's father, the Su family spent everything they had. In addition, Su Erlang
He had to make amends to others, and he also had to take responsibility for his daughter's family... The accumulation of all these things caused the Su family to decline rapidly.
After all this, Su's mother was exhausted mentally and physically due to Su's father's death and several major changes, and finally fell ill in bed; Su Dalang's literary spirit was ruined, and now he can only stay at home; Su Xiaomei's daughter's family is inconvenient to make public appearances.
, and have to take care of Su's mother and Su Dalang, so the livelihood of the entire Su family can only fall on Su Erlang, who is also full of worries.
In order to make a living, Su Erlang endured humiliation and heavy burdens, and he still had the reputation of "dirty people's innocence", but he still had to go out on the street every day to help people paint and sell paintings to make a living.
The current situation of the Su family can't be described by the word "difficult". It is simply extremely miserable and difficult to survive.
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"Hey... How could the Su family, a noble family like this, become like this? After this, the Su family will probably slowly disappear in the divine capital city..."
After saying all this, Father Long let out a long sigh and lamented the impermanence of things in the world.
Su Ping'an fell silent, feeling extremely heavy for a moment, as if weighing down a hundred thousand mountains.