Writing Historians (VI)
Una pondered for a moment, her expression complicated. Ultimately, she didn't reject Zhu Tang's proposal, but she also had a condition: "If I find out you're secretly cheating, I will definitely kill you."
It was just an exchange of interests, Zhu Tang agreed.
Snow fell in January, the weather worsened, and the war entered a stalemate, with neither side showing any intention of initiating an attack. Without the host's interference, the plot continued on its planned course.
The soldiers had a dispute over the presence of Zhu Daoan and Pei Wensu. The rations in the camp were already good, and now there were two noblemen from the capital. Not only were they picky, but they often couldn't finish a meal. The soldiers saw the rations they had saved from their teeth being wasted, and finally exploded after a month.
Both of them were beaten and kicked during the dispute, with bruises on their faces. Coincidentally, bad news came that their mentor, who was far away in Jiangnan, had died suddenly. It was said that he was inadvertently involved in a party dispute and was implicated and beheaded in public.
The two male protagonists were devastated and had to face the resentment of the soldiers. They lived in fear in the army, fearing that they would be beaten one day, and their spirits were getting worse day by day.
[It’s so sad, babies]
[This is pure beauty, strength and tragedy. You really don’t owe this world anything.]
Where's the heroine? Didn't she say she was here to save the protagonist? Stop capitalizing on the hype of secondary creations and not doing your job, @System Bureau.
[This barrage is warm and full of the sense of security of family]
The pressure was put on the mother system, and the mother system was in a trance. It took all the courage to contact Yu Wan: [The main plot has been taken, and the audience asked you to save the protagonist. They are in trouble now.]
Yu Wan had been lying down for a month, and apart from chatting with the host, she hadn't done any serious work. The mother system felt extremely frustrated. Yu Wan blinked and said, "But the fans won't let us get close to the protagonist."
【What's the meaning? 】
Seeing that Yu Wan was still feeling aggrieved, the mother system thought it was ridiculous, and then saw the replay that Yu Wan had called up.
Playback of barrage:
[This heroine is really annoying. She's so high and mighty. Could she please stop rubbing our house?]
[Please stay away from Pei Wensu, thank you. Don't think you can harvest CP fans.]
[Do you understand the spiritual core of these two? No one wants to see a heroine in historical literature.]
The mother system choked, but there was no way to refute it. The barrage would be saved. These words were indeed sent by fans of the two. I can only express that the main storyline is the most important: [Now that the plot has stagnated, you and the host have an obligation to help]
Yu Wan shook her head. "I think the fans are much more suitable than us. Didn't they say that the host is just a convenient substitute for them? Now that the protagonist is busy, why aren't they here anymore?"
"Whenever they have problems, they ask the host for help, and when everything is fine, they accuse the host of riding on their popularity. Are they crazy?"
Yu Wan's eyes are innocent. She is very well-mannered and doesn't curse anyone. She really thinks those people should get checked out and not suffer from schizophrenia just because they like two male characters.
She is very concerned about the mental state of the audience and encourages them to seek treatment as soon as possible if they are sick.
The familiar formula came, but the mother system hesitated and couldn't come up with it in one breath. There was no way to explain it. Finally, the main system issued a forced order, asking Yu Wan to hurry up and get things done.
Now facing the next key plot point, Zhu Daoan and Pei Wensu have failed in officialdom, their mentor has passed away, and they have been ostracized in the military camp. Their lives have fallen to the lowest point, and they don't know what to do. This is the first time they have doubts about their ideals.
Zhu Tang needs to wake them up, so that the two of them won’t take the wrong path due to a momentary frustration, which leads to the subsequent tragic ending, just like in the original work.
Yu Wan asked how to wake them up. As far as she knew, this kind of protagonist couldn't endure hardship. Even if the host really helped them, the fans would start scolding them because they were dissatisfied with the suffering of the character, without any reason at all.
Moreover, the host has his own ideas, and she can only give hints but cannot determine the host's behavior.
This made Yu Wan feel very embarrassed.
The master system pondered: [The two protagonists are positioned as 'gentlemen', preferring to die in glory rather than live in disgrace. The host must help them embody their personalities and not fall into the original plot again.]
Overall, the two of them contributed to the development of the dynasty in the world of the book and did not deserve to be condemned by the public.
The system gave her three save slots as a precaution. She could first set the current plot as the first week, keep the save file unchanged, and then try the second week's plot. If successful, there would be no loss, so it was a good deal no matter how you looked at it.
Maybe I can even get closer to book fans.
The previous encirclement was purely an accident. To put it bluntly, it was due to Zhu Tang's lack of experience. It couldn't be the fault of the two protagonists. The system bureau didn't believe that if they did it again, they would end up in the same situation. The rewind time of the rollback could not be too long, so the main system adjusted the time back to the night of the incident.
Zhu Tang felt a violent withdrawal, and after the world spun around, he saw a group of soldiers standing in front of him with anxious expressions.
Pei Wensu rode back, practically tumbling down, his face pale as he knelt on the ground. "Princess, please forgive me. Deputy General Shen... Deputy General Shen has been arrested."
A group of grown men looked at each other and gasped. They wanted to blame Pei Wensu but didn't dare. Zhu Tang's heart was boiling with anger, and he realized that this was a flashback.
The treatment is so good, the real host must be someone else.
【Come on, heroine baby】
[I also support the heroine Du Mei, she is here to save Xiao Xie and Xiao Zhu, she is one of our family]
The system bureau deleted the radical remarks and sent a large number of comments supporting Zhu Tang as a friendly gesture, hoping that she would follow the plot. However, Zhu Tang turned to look at Pei Wensu and suddenly sneered: "Okay, then let's deal with it according to military regulations."
"What's the legal punishment for disrupting military discipline and engaging in a fight without permission?" he asked the deputy general next to him. The deputy general instinctively said, "Beheading." Then he realized something was wrong and his expression changed. "But..."
Zhu Tang waved his hand, and the two guards who came with him from the palace rushed forward, lifted Pei Wensu up, dragged him behind the tent, raised their swords and slashed. Before anyone could react to what was happening, a scream pierced the night sky and a strong smell of blood could be smelled.
Zhu Daoan was the first to react. He rushed forward and turned to glare at Zhu Tang: "Princess!"
"What are you looking at? You should be glad that you didn't join in just now, otherwise you would have met on the road to the underworld now." Zhu Tang ignored the reactions of the group of people and asked them to deal with the corpses. A group of people returned to Beijing to seek reinforcements. If you don't want to die, just shut up.
If it weren't for these two money-losing protagonists, would she need to come to this world in the book and save a history that doesn't exist?
Zhu Tang became angrier the more he thought about it, and he gave off a cold aura. In addition, the deceased didn't say anything, so the group of people could only go about their business.
There was a cool-down period between rewinds, so it was impossible to rewind multiple times in a short period of time. The audience must have seen all of this. The mother system fainted from anger, unable to utter a complete syllable due to excessive emotion: [Are you crazy?!]
"It is better to die with honor than to live in disgrace. This is the requirement of the overall system." Yu Wan began to work seriously, and was also complacent about his own speed, without paying attention to the mood of the mother system.
She hadn't originally wanted Pei Wensu to die, but the system said he was a gentleman who died for his loyalty, and the comments also said something like "ordinary readers don't understand that death is the sublimation of this character", and the character's setting must be reflected, so Yu Wan fulfilled their wishes.
There's not much point in being alive anyway.
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