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A depressive historical light novel, starring Sima Zhao and Ruan Ji.
Creation principles: respect history, live up to the forefathers, and be true to death.
There is no candy, only knives. It is cruel to the mind but not to the body.
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Sima Zhao, the Chinese version of Michael Corleone, shouldered the honor and disgrace of his family and grew from a funny and enthusiastic young man into a ruthless and powerful minister.
Ruan Ji, a romantic and talented man in the Wei and Jin Dynasties, was indulgent yet firm, and proud yet tender. Full of talent, passion and ambition, he is just a lonely leaf in the turbulent current situation.
One is a descendant of an official, and the other is a scholar from a poor family.
One has thousands of troops and horses, and the other holds books, scrolls and piano cases.
In the spring of that year, they had a close friendship as classmates, wading through rivers and mountains, and writing together a book of high aspirations.
In the past few decades, the situation has suddenly changed. This spring, their minds are different and their souls are getting farther and farther apart.
When old friends drift away and become speechless, when he regards old friends as a stepping stone to success - what exit will they take?
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The content of this story, in a nutshell, is the decades of grudges and hatred between Ruan Ji and Sima Zhao.
Sima Zhao and Ruan Ji in the story are both young and middle-aged. The young Sima Zhao is enthusiastic and humorous, well aware of human affairs, and tries his best to keep the people around him peaceful and happy; Ruan Ji is calm and sensitive, kind and lonely, and his strong idealism sometimes stimulates his desire to change the world. Decades later, the status of Sima Zhao and Ruan Ji has changed, and the two will appear in slightly different images - spoilers end here.
The plot is based on that of a historical fan, and is 30% real and 70% fictional. Basically, it is the author's understanding of the relationship between Sima Zhao and Ruan Ji. Of course, there are some exaggerations in some places.
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The most beautiful flowers will wither one day,
No matter how much you love, there will be a day when the person you love will be gone.
Young and frivolous, the edges have been smoothed by time,
Youth and youth become the flowers on your temples.
When Sima Zhao finally got his wish and sat on the throne of King Jin, he realized that his fame was like a drop in the bucket.
No one can take this country away.
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