Some people questioned the "Wei Xiaobao's theory of evolution" in the early stages of this novel serialization, not just slandering or complaining, but inferences based on his personality displayed in the first few stories.[23[w]x

First of all, Wei Xiaobao is very smart, very good at adapting to changes, and quick to react. This is easy to remember Yang Guo when he was a child;

Secondly, the fourth chapter of the novel describes the fight between Wei Xiaobao and Xiao Xuanzi. The appearance of this chapter makes many readers think that it is a reappearance of Ouyang Feng, the top of Huashan. Hong Qigong used Yang Guo as the middleman. Readers who have watched "The Return of the Condor Heroes" naturally understand the significant impact of that competition on Yang Guo. It is natural that everyone speculates that this is a habitual transformation of the old plot by Gu Yongsheng;

Finally, Wei Xiaobao, who has intelligence and great opportunities, was completely uninterested in learning martial arts. Moreover, when Eunuch Hai taught him moves, he showed his self-righteousness, scheming and perfunctory behavior, and no longer showed the temperament and potential of a hero when he was young.

Wei Xiaobao didn't have the idea of ​​"I want to become stronger" at all, and he was not very enthusiastic about "martial arts". Moreover, according to the writing atmosphere and trends, this personality is deeply rooted and conscious behavior, so more and more readers began to question whether the protagonist of "The Deer and the Cauldron" would be rogue to the end.

If this book was written by other authors, everyone would definitely not have such concerns, but many people would not dare to make a promise if Gu Yongsheng said this. As the strongest martial arts novel author recognized in history, in order to add another classic image to the martial arts figure gallery and to explore a brand new way of writing martial arts novels, it is not entirely impossible to create a rogue protagonist.

When reading famous artists’ works, you must be mentally prepared to “he may suddenly innovate”.

"Of course, another possibility is that Wei Xiaobao's mother was killed or the entire brothel was razed to the ground. Wei Xiaobao was determined to learn martial arts well in order to avenge his revenge. He changed his flowing air. Apart from that, I couldn't think of any other possibility."

Some people are already thinking about the reversal node for Gu Yongsheng. Of course, this is more or less suggesting that Gu Yongsheng should not take the blame for writing a rogue protagonist. After all, it is very difficult to substitute a rogue novel for martial arts novels, and the reading experience will be much less fun.

Mr. Jin Yong also expressed his apology for this in the afterword of "The Deer and the Cauldron": "Readers of martial arts novels are used to substituting themselves as heroes in the book. However, Wei Xiaobao cannot substitute them. In this regard, it has deprived some of the fun of some readers, and I am sorry."

This sentence also shows that when the author created this novel, he consciously innovated in style and form, "that was intentional."

Readers in this world also quickly realized Gu Yongsheng's "intention".

The series of "The Deer and the Cauldron" is released one after another, and Wei Xiaobao's troubles are also one after another, but he always uses his wit and rogue to escape from heaven.

As the saying goes, "Read a book a hundred times and its meaning will be seen." Old readers only need to read a few more chapters to roughly judge the subsequent story direction from the context and trend of the story development.

To summarize the stories that have been published, Wei Xiaobao has several glorious deeds. In addition to starting to sprinkle lime powder, he then killed Xiao Guizi and dealt with Eunuch Hai. He accidentally met Emperor Kangxi and became a good friend. Then he accidentally killed Oboi and became the fragrance master of the Tiandihui Society. He began a cool life of both black and white.

One by one, as of the latest series. Anything Wei Xiaobao did has nothing to do with high martial arts, it all depends on changing the situation, being scheming, and adapting to the situation.

This is the trend of this book - the protagonist does not need any martial arts at all and can freely shuttle between various complex forces and cope with them easily.

In "The Relentless Swordsman", Lin Xian'er regards her body as a weapon, while in "The Deer and the Cauldron", Wei Xiaobao regards this "response" as a weapon, a weapon that may be more useful than a truly powerful martial art.

But, as a martial arts novel, is this setting really appropriate?

In fact, many readers have already posted and complained on the Internet, and some even suspected that "The Deer and the Cauldron" was created by Gu Yongsheng and asked the Gunman to post it under his name. Anyway, this kind of thing has become an open secret in the literary world.

When the novel was serialized when Wei Xiaobao used the rescue of Liu Yizhou to coerce Fang Yi, the forum's opposition reached its first peak.

"You can prevent Wei Xiaobao from becoming a martial arts master. A martial arts novel with the "protagonist knows how to do martial arts" has become an innovation. Then the minor selfishness and minor problems formed by the environment can be accepted by people, but it would be too shameless to use this trick of cheating, right?"

"What exactly do you want to express to create the character of Wei Xiaobao? Is it true that if you want to express it simply, will anyone read how to write martial arts?

Then I have to say sorry, I can't accept such disgusting characters, and I can't read this novel with pursuits anymore. See you next book."

After the condemnation was ineffective, readers began to abandon books, and Wei Xiaobao's behavior really angered a large number of traditional martial arts enthusiasts.

Liu Jingting didn't come forward to explain because he knew it was a waste of time. In fact, no one in the forum explained it over and over again?

"This is a very ironic novel. Do you really think Wei Xiaobao is a useless person? No, absolutely not. Wei Xiaobao is not only not just a person with nothing, but also a person with all his skills.

It can be said that everyone has his skills, but most people dare not, disdain, and will not do it because of many constraints. However, Wei Xiaobao did it all, with no shame, no scruples, no worries, and no mistakes, so he succeeded.

This is a cruel irony, ridicule of all hypocrisy and pretentiousness, break through all rules and regulations, and strive for whatever you want. This is a complete liberation of personality.

From a certain perspective, Lu Zhishen in "Water Margin" is also such a person. The difference between him and Wei Xiaobao is that one fights force and the other fights intelligence. Can everyone accept force to solve everything, but cannot accept wisdom to solve problems?"

Although there are some problems with changing concepts in this statement, the analogy makes sense. So a group of netizens who hold the same viewpoints appear.

"There are so many "success studies", "thick and black learning", and "workplace treasure books" on the market. What is the reason why this masterpiece that combines education and entertainment, integrates elements such as thick and black, workplace, success, etc. is so repulsive?

Friends who are about to enter society, first enter the workplace, and get involved in the officialdom, and are ready to pursue girls should read "The Deer and the Cauldron". They should learn the spirit of Wei Xiaobao!"

This kind of deliberate hatred is naturally a fate that is flooded with saliva.

"So, was Gu Yongsheng's writing "The Deer and the Cauldron" to advocate Wei Xiaobao's success? So, some people have criticized the fact that martial arts was included in textbooks. Otherwise, the consequences would be unimaginable!"

Then, "Wei Xiaobao's Values" became the mainstream topic of discussion in the forum.

At this time, Chang Youdao and others finally felt that the wind was not right and allowed to continue the topic. It won’t take long to become a bad author who “brings social atmosphere” and “teaches bad children”.

Chang Youdao immediately opened a large account to speak at the forum: "The characters in the novel need a growth process, which is the minimum literary logic. Heroes have never been heroes since they were born.

Moreover, I would like to ask everyone to be more careful when reading books. Although Wei Xiaobao has all kinds of problems, he is a loyal person. A person who is trying to get into both hands for his friends. In this era when he can get into both hands for his interests, hasn’t anyone seen this positive energy?"

Chang Youdao's response is equivalent to the official confirmation that "Wei Xiaobao will grow into a great hero". For a moment, everyone was relieved and said, "It's good to have a reversal."

Liu Jingting was not expected. It seems that Lao Chang also believed that Wei Xiaobao would become a perfect hero in the end, and it is understandable that he had such a judgment. Because he usually discussed literature with Liu Jingting, the two agreed with the rule that "there must be changes in the beginning of the artistic role" in the end.

It means that when an artistic work shapes characters, it cannot be unchanged. Whether it is the story itself or the characters in the work, there will be some transformation at the end of the story, completing a baptism and redemption in the soul, finding the true self, breaking out of a problem that has troubled you for a long time, etc.

In short, a successful artistic image must slowly change as the story progresses.

Similarly, Wei Xiaobao will naturally change, but what Chang Youdao did not expect was that Wei Xiaobao's transformation was based on his current inherent cognition. He did not become a hero like Guo Jing who is famous all over the world and serves the country and the people, nor did he become a resourceful prime minister like Zhuge Liang, and he did not become a prodigal son like Yang Guo.

Wei Xiaobao's change was that he was not willing to be the incense master or the high-ranking official in the end, but instead lived in seclusion with his wife, children and huge wealth.

Therefore, Chang Youdao's explanations quickly collapsed as the serial continued. Moreover, seeing Wei Xiaobao collecting beauties one after another, and every time there were detailed psychological descriptions, the smugness and despicability angered readers again, and another wave of readers rebounded and the climax exploded irresistible.

"So Gu Yongsheng finally couldn't avoid the custom of opening the palace. Is it completely abolished? "The Deer and the Cauldron" has been completely abolished?"

"Don't tell me about shaping characters or innovating forms. Wei Xiaobao is a projection of Gu Yongsheng's self-consciousness, which fully exposes Gu Yongsheng's machismo tendencies and his dark mentality of longing for polygamy, which is regrettable and disappointing."

"Before I abandon the book, let me complain about the title of the chapters of this book. I didn't understand any of them! I'm far-fetched and pretended to be profound, goodbye!"

...

Although readers rebounded strongly, the sales of magazines did not show a significant decline, which shows that most readers are still waiting for a miracle to happen with hope.

Based on this situation, Liu Jingting had to decide again to finish the "Deer and the Cauldron" in advance. Before that, he posted the postscript to the blog as a response to the controversy:

"The Deer and the Cauldron is no longer like a martial arts novel, but rather a historical novel... The Deer and the Cauldron are completely different from previous martial arts novels, and that is intentional. An author should not always repeat his style and form, but should try some new creations as much as possible...

The protagonist of the novel is not necessarily a "good person". One of the main tasks of the novel is to create characters; good people, bad people, good people with shortcomings, bad people with advantages, etc. can be written... In "Water Margin", Li Kui kills innocent people indiscriminately and robs them if he loses money. This is to create characters, and it is definitely not to encourage everyone to imitate his behavior.

"The True Story of Aq" writes about the method of spiritual victory, which is not to encourage everyone to learn the method of spiritual victory...

Here I would like to solemnly say to younger readers: Wei Xiaobao in this novel attaches importance to loyalty, which is a good moral character and can be learned. As for the rest of the behavior, don’t learn as much as possible. Remember!

Finally, I would like to give you a notice. For me personally, there are not many things written later on after writing martial arts novels. Therefore, I think everyone knows that only martial arts novels, "The Deer and the Cauldron" will be the penultimate martial arts work I have launched. After the book is completed, "Gu Yongsheng" will officially be the written writer from the martial arts world!"
Chapter completed!