It is expanded based on the author's real dreams. During the plum rain season in 2006, Brother Qiang found on the red poplar tree by the South Lake in Hongcun that the line of scratches he had repeatedly dreamed about actually existed - "Yu Mengyao and Zhang Jian's autumn lasts forever." He thus embarks on a journey to find memories of his past life.
From Zhang Jianqiu, a student who was shot dead in the Republic of China, to the Prince of Wuyue who was forced to marry a princess; from Xiang Yu, the overlord of Chu, who brought Concubine Yu home, to the Changsha County Sheriff whose family was exterminated in the Han Dynasty; from the peach blossom fairy who fell off a cliff while collecting herbs in the Tang Dynasty, to Zhang Xiaotian, who had his supreme bones dug out... In ten reincarnations, he has a woman he loves deeply but will eventually miss in every life.
In reality, he started out as a coal miner, experienced work-related injuries, debts, lawsuits from his parents, and was bullied by the Internet. Finally, he was admitted to Tsinghua University, joined the central ministries, and became the deputy county magistrate of a county in the west. The difficulties in reality intertwined with the reincarnation of dreams, and he gradually understood that the missed moments in each life were all for him to let go of his obsessions and cultivate his mind to perfection.
The novel adopts a two-line narrative, with ancient dreams and the reality of 2006 unfolding alternately. The bloody romance of ancient Jianghu is in contrast to the pyrotechnic life of coal miners paying off credit cards. The whole article uses "The Book of Songs·Guan Ju" as the hidden thread, using a bowl of porridge, a piece of scratch, and an overturned umbrella to carry all the deep feelings. It does not sensationalize or explain, and allows the emotions to emerge on their own in the details.
This is a story about waiting and missing out. Ten reincarnations, ten encounters, ten separations, just to survive the calamity of love, eliminate lust, and cultivate a perfect heart.
I did dream that I had been reincarnated as Xiang Yu. And my own personality is very similar to Xiang Yu's, I always make mistakes that I shouldn't make. But I didn't dream that I was taking Yu Ji home.
What I dreamed about was that I saw Yu Ji being tortured in hell: she was shackled, her hands were hung on the torture rack, the charcoal fire in the brazier in front of her was burning red, there were torture tools next to her, and a jailer was beating her with a whip. My eyes are splitting...
Then I woke up from the dream...
Brother Qiang doesn't understand martial arts. All I know about martial arts in the world is that only fast ones cannot be defeated. When a master kills someone, one move is enough.
I didn't know about Lintong before this. I only know Xi'an. I dreamed that I was standing in the crowd and fired at the middle-aged officer sitting in the passenger seat of an open truck. Then he fled into the courtyard of the church and was rescued by Li Taiyin. I actually left her contact information. From her mouth, I learned for the first time that there is a place in the world called Lintong. As for me not going back to look for her later, I don't know. I don't know whether my name was Zhang Jianqiu in the dream. I don't know if he is the young marshal's brother. I really dreamed about the scene of the Huanggutun incident. It was also in this dream that I learned for the first time that Zhang Zuolin was Lao Qi, and that Wu Junsheng died at the scene of the Huanggutun incident. In the dream, I was eleven or twelve years old, holding an iron box with a pile of minced meat in it. I said to Zhang Zuolin: "Uncle Qi, Wu Junsheng is dead."
In the real dream, I was indeed a noble prince, carrying a sword on my back. There really was an old servant named Uncle Liu. I really gave the old beggar fifty taels of silver. We really only have the last three hundred taels left. Everything else is fiction, including my name is Zhang Wuyue.
Some things are really weird, weird for no reason. I used to think that Zhang Zuolin was the eldest among the brothers. But I dreamed that I appeared at the scene of the Huanggutun incident as an eleven or twelve-year-old boy and said to Zhang Zuolin: "Uncle Seven, Wu Junsheng is dead." After waking up from the dream, I asked Du Niang and found out that Zhang Zuolin was the seventh among the brothers and the seventh among the clan brothers. I also dreamed that I was walking down the steps in front of the auditorium of the Central Army Military Academy in Nanjing, wearing a gray military uniform. I walked towards a green jeep and teased a female officer in a green military uniform: "The young marshal rewarded you for me." However, only Zhang Xuesi, the only person around the young marshal, went to the Army Military Academy. I named my previous life Zhang Jianqiu in the novel. After finishing the novel, I discovered that Zhang Xueliang really had a brother named Jianqiu and Miao Jianqiu.
I did dream that I had been reincarnated as Xiang Yu. And my own personality is very similar to Xiang Yu's, I always make mistakes that I shouldn't make. But I didn't dream that I was taking Yu Ji home. What I dreamed about was that I saw Yu Ji being tortured in hell: she was shackled, her hands were hung on the torture rack, the charcoal fire in the brazier in front of her was burning red, there were torture tools next to her, and a jailer was beating her with a whip. My eyes are splitting... Then I woke up from the dream...
Brother Qiang doesn't understand martial arts. All I know about martial arts in the world is that only fast ones cannot be defeated. When a master kills someone, one move is enough.
I didn't know about Lintong before this. I only know Xi'an. I dreamed that I was standing in the crowd and fired at the middle-aged officer sitting in the passenger seat of an open truck. Then he fled into the courtyard of the church and was rescued by Li Taiyin. I actually left her contact information. From her mouth, I learned for the first time that there is a place in the world called Lintong. As for me not going back to look for her later, I don't know. I don't know whether my name was Zhang Jianqiu in the dream. I don't know if he is the young marshal's brother. I really dreamed about the scene of the Huanggutun incident. It was also in this dream that I learned for the first time that Zhang Zuolin was Lao Qi, and that Wu Junsheng died at the scene of the Huanggutun incident. In the dream, I was eleven or twelve years old, holding an iron box with a pile of minced meat in it. I said to Zhang Zuolin: "Uncle Qi, Wu Junsheng is dead."
In the real dream, I was indeed a noble prince, carrying a sword on my back. There really was an old servant named Uncle Liu. I really gave the old beggar fifty taels of silver. We really only have the last three hundred taels left. Everything else is fiction, including my name is Zhang Wuyue.
Some things are really weird, weird for no reason. I used to think that Zhang Zuolin was the eldest among the brothers. But I dreamed that I appeared at the scene of the Huanggutun incident as an eleven or twelve-year-old boy and said to Zhang Zuolin: "Uncle Seven, Wu Junsheng is dead." After waking up from the dream, I asked Du Niang and found out that Zhang Zuolin was the seventh among the brothers and the seventh among the clan brothers. I also dreamed that I was walking down the steps in front of the auditorium of the Central Army Military Academy in Nanjing, wearing a gray military uniform. I walked towards a green jeep and teased a female officer in a green military uniform: "The young marshal rewarded you for me." However, only Zhang Xuesi, the only person around the young marshal, went to the Army Military Academy. I named my previous life Zhang Jianqiu in the novel. After finishing the novel, I discovered that Zhang Xueliang really had a brother named Jianqiu and Miao Jianqiu.