You Asked for an Upright Official, So Why Are You Writing Bao Longxing on the Spot?

In a parallel world, Yang Xiu joins a comedy-writing variety show!

Contestants must write according to the prompts set by the production team. Their work must promote positive values and carry a moral lesson, while also making the audience laugh out loud.

The first prompt: an incorruptible official.

Bound by the rules, the other contestants all write about fighting corruption and serving the people wholeheartedly. Their stories lean on a happy beginning and a tragic ending, with awkward, forced jokes.

Yang Xiu lets his imagination run wild and takes the audience completely by surprise!

The Nine-Rank Sesame Official

At first, the audience thinks this is a tired story about a corrupt official mending his ways, becoming upright, and rooting out corruption.

But the further they watch, the more outrageous it gets!

A dignified imperial inspector overseeing eight prefectures, yet he twists right and wrong in court, swindles and cheats, insults people in public, and beats up lawyers?

The netizens are stunned and laugh themselves silly: "Hahaha, I'm dying! Who knew an incorruptible official could be this shameless?"

The production team is dumbfounded too: "We told you to write about an incorruptible official. What is this brothel shouting match?"

"I said you don't need to force sentiment with a happy beginning and a tragic ending to write a good comedy!"

Given the prompt 'ghosts,' he writes A Chinese Ghost Story.

Given the prompt 'Journey to the West,' he writes A Chinese Odyssey.

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.