Elegy of the Song Dynasty: I Am the Founding Emperor of Daliang

After reading 12 chapters in one go, there is only one word in my heart: It's great! It's not the kind of brainless feeling, it's the kind of feeling that "someone has finally written about Liangshan clearly". Let's talk about Chao Gai first. In the original work, the "Tota King" who was ignored by Song Jiang and finally died of frustration in Zengtou City finally came to life in this book. The author gave him a modern soul, but not the cheating and crushing routine - he would be cautious, probing, tested repeatedly when Liu Tang knelt down and swore, and would calmly point out the loopholes after Wu Yong proposed the plan. This is what people who achieve great things should look like. The detail that impressed me the most was that he sat alone under the lamp late at night and wrote down the list of 108 generals. It writes about who should be saved, who should die, and who will die at whose hands. That scene was too lonely - he knew everyone's fate, but he didn't know how far his own path would go. Let's talk about Song Jiang. This is the villain I want! Not a stereotyped bad guy, but a tragic figure alienated by the times. He saved the old man and wanted to be a timely helper, but he learned to "leave a way out" in the officialdom. The monologues in chapters 5, 8, and 14 made me feel cold - he didn't want to harm people from the beginning, he just wanted to live too much. And those foreshadowings. Lin Chong's eight years of pain, Yang Zhi's "Yang" heart knot, Du Qian, the "person standing behind"... The author buried a bunch of hooks in front, waiting for the net to be closed behind. This way of writing shows that there is a complete outline at first glance, rather than just writing whatever comes to mind. Language also has flavor. It's not the hard-boiled ancient style, nor the vernacular, but the half-literary and half-white spirit of "Water Margin". Ruan Xiaoqi's words "The guest officer's question is funny", Yang Zhi closing his eyes in the red pine forest and pretending to be comatose, Song Jiang's ink dripping on the paper... These scenes remain in my mind after reading them. The only problem is – it's too short! One chapter of 2,000 words is simply not enough to read, and it's gone every time I get into the mood. But I heard that this was a need for new book recommendations, so I understood and tolerated it. Already collected, waiting for updates. I want to see how Lin Chong takes revenge, I want to see how Ruan Xiaoqi grows up, and I want to see what will happen to Du Qian who is "standing behind". Come on, author, I am committed to this book. ——A new reader