Di Xue is a fan of wuxia novels.
In addition to this, she also has a special identity: one of the administrators of "Old Wine Shop," the largest martial arts enthusiast forum in China.
Founded in 2003, Jiujiulu (Old Wine Shop) has been around for over a decade. With over 100,000 registered users, this forum is a hub for martial arts enthusiasts, a small world unto itself.
Di Xue was an administrator who took office a few years ago, and the section she was in charge of was called "Teahouses and Taverns".
The "Teahouse and Tavern" section is essentially a casual chat and posting section, where newcomers are most numerous and the most diverse. Newcomers need to reply to three posts in the Teahouse and Tavern section to accumulate experience and level up if they want to participate in the forum.
Di Xue logs on every day to ban people who come here to post advertisements or sell pirated book resources. These tasks are tedious and boring, and there's no salary; it's purely out of love for the work. But Di Xue feels it's worth it.
After get off work, Di Xue leaned wearily against the sofa in her apartment, opened the forum interface again, and prepared to continue her second shift on the internet.
The teahouses and taverns seem unusually lively today, with many new faces at levels 0 and 1. These new accounts are chattering away, clumsily posting fluff in the teahouses and taverns.
A quick glance reveals that there are five pages of new posts today, twice the usual amount!
Is it because they're on holiday that there are more new users?
Di Xue was a little puzzled. The age group of martial arts enthusiasts is relatively old, and generally speaking, the timing of school holidays doesn't have a significant impact on the forum.
Or is there some new martial arts drama airing recently? In general, this kind of situation can attract some newcomers.
Di Xue racked her brains, but she couldn't recall any martial arts dramas that had aired recently. In fact, most recent TV dramas were quite bad, and Di Xue didn't remember any of them.
After cleaning up the teahouses and taverns, Di Xue eagerly left the newbie chat area. Just then, she saw a red post floating high on the forum's homepage.
Did everyone watch "The Heavenly Secrets Pavilion" that aired tonight? What did you think?
This post has a small "[Hot]" symbol in front of it, which means that this is currently the most discussed post on the forum.
This post originated from "Pingzongxiaying," a forum section dedicated to discussing martial arts films and television dramas.
Is CHTV6 broadcasting "Tianji Tower"?
As a fan of wuxia novels, Di Xue had certainly read "The Phoenix Plays with the Dragon." This novel was adapted into a movie?
Di Xue didn't even bother to check the forum anymore; she immediately turned on the TV in her apartment and switched to the movie channel.
On the television screen, a young woman dressed as a man, holding a silver-inlaid jade pipe, was talking to the person in front of her.
"Brother Que, this is for you."
Di Xue recognized the woman in men's clothing; it was the female action star Yang Huanyi. Knowing the plot of "Phoenix Plays with Dragon," Di Xue immediately realized it was the ending of "Tianji Tower," where the courtesan Mianmian, having shed her former glamour, bids farewell to Xiao Fengque.
Every night, the courtesan Mianmian would disguise herself as a man to buy poison and hide it in her jade pipe—she intended to poison the madam, steal her money, and disappear into the world. Unexpectedly, the madam was killed by a mastermind, a man disguised as the madam, who remained at the brothel.
The madam's body was exhumed, and Mianmian, who had been hiding drugs, became the prime suspect. Coincidentally, at this time, the young men who had frequently harassed and humiliated Mianmian also died. Eager to close the case, the authorities handed Mianmian over as the real culprit.
Finally, Xiao Fengque discovered the truth and, on the day of the execution, pulled Mianmian out of the death row and let her go.
Xiao Fengque used the alias Que Feng in Tianji Tower, and Mianmian called him Brother Que.
Xiao Fengque glanced indifferently at the pipe and shook his head: "I don't smoke hookah."
Mianmian didn't mind "his" refusal and giggled, "This isn't a hookah, and it's not for smoking."
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