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The Long Stories

Excerpts from Novels

This section publishes excerpts from Zhu Dake’s novels and novels, for readers of novels and myths to browse

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Changshengyi

This book combines elements of martial arts, history and mythology, and describes the thrilling journey of Confucius' grandfather Bo Xia in the name of the king to explore the secret art of immortality——At the beginning of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, the king's way was not prosperous, and the emperor's decline; the feudal lords continued to dispute, and they all had the heart to win the championship. The god of the underworld, Yan Mo, ordered Zhou Xiang Wang Jizheng to create chaos in the world to fill the emptiness of the underworld. Chunshen Jumang used chess as a game to save Ji Zheng's ten-year lifespan. Bo Xia, the priest of the God of Spring, was ordered by the King of Zhou to search for the "immortal" Peng Zu, but was forced to face an insidious opponent, and a fierce battle was inevitable. Why do you want to find the way to longevity, but open the door to the underworld?

GREAT PAIL

In the depths of the tropical rain forest in the 17th century, there is a circular city named "Tizoke", which is isolated from the world and controlled by a mysterious perpetual motion machine. , Believe in the great feathered snake god (ie "Yinglong"). The high priest Hopi tampered with the ancient teachings of Feathered Serpent, creating lies, ignorance and fear. The benevolent spiritual guide, Moers, is the earthly son of the Feathered Serpent God, and has a beautiful family. His son Popoka is a technological genius who wants to escape from the closed city with the help of an aircraft, and his daughter Angie was arrested for "creating visions". Hopi was arrested and tried to be burned as a witch, but she survived the fire. Hopi shaped her into a "goddess of death", imprisoned her in the temple, and accepted the worship of residents to strengthen her rule. However, her father's death made her wake up, and she publicly exposed Hopi's crimes to the people, and the people were awakened and raised. And resist. Tizok restores justice to Quetzalcoatl. Popoka and Anji, brothers and sisters, bid farewell to their hometown and went to the depths of the rainforest, where they gave birth to children and avoided the ultimate destruction of the city-state of Tizok.

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​character

This is a mythical epic about Cangjie creating civilization with Chinese characters.

Under the inspiration of Fuxi, Cangjie invented Chinese characters and created a great Chinese civilization based on them. But the dark energy hidden in the character itself is gradually revealed. Cangjie's female disciple Jusong, because of love and hatred, challenges Cangjie's kingdom on behalf of the evil forces, and the new civilization is facing a catastrophe. How will Cangjie face this crisis? After he was murdered by Jushang, how will his son Jiagen inherit his father's career, turn the tide, and save the precarious world?

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​Mirror

Shi Kuang, a musician of the state of Jin, imitated the Yellow Emperor and cast twelve mirrors. The Dou family inherited this extraordinary skill, and Dou Shaoqing is the master of the family who can make magic mirrors. The holder of the magic mirror can freely travel through the mirror and master the cosmic secrets of space transformation. This angered the emperor who monopolized the manufacturing right of the magic mirror, and a chase ensued. In order to prevent and chase, Dou Shaoqing built the mirror-casting workshop on a large ship, where he lived without a fixed place, and the dragon could not see its tail, which made all the mirror catchers helpless. The princess Su E steals the magic mirror and escapes from the palace, wishing to pass through the magic mirror and escape to the ideal utopian space, and the mirror guard Li A becomes the warrior to protect her safe return. On the small island called "Peach Blossom Island", Dou Shaoqing set up a "mirror array" and waited for the killer who came to arrest them.

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​ Kirin

In this novel, the protagonist's husband "Qi" and wife "Lin" narrate their "travel experience" at sea and in the court from their respective perspectives, including the sufferings of the eunuchs and colleagues, as well as the emperor and his concubines. The palace carnival of the concubines. The word split between "Qi" and "Lin" began with a capture in the wilderness of East Africa, and it was recombined in the East Asian palace. This is actually a mandarin duck-style polyphonic structure, with two independent experience subjects paralleling, intersecting, echoing, contrasting, and intertextual, and intertwined into a community-style coda. In my novel, "unicorn" is a secret reflection of the structure of the novel (Zhu Dake's words).

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Changshengyi

This book combines elements of martial arts, history and mythology, and describes the thrilling journey of Confucius' grandfather Bo Xia in the name of the king to explore the secret art of immortality——At the beginning of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, the king's way was not prosperous, and the emperor's decline; the feudal lords continued to dispute, and they all had the heart to win the championship. The god of the underworld, Yan Mo, ordered Zhou Xiang Wang Jizheng to create chaos in the world to fill the emptiness of the underworld. Chunshen Jumang used chess as a game to save Ji Zheng's ten-year lifespan. Bo Xia, the priest of the God of Spring, was ordered by the King of Zhou to search for the "immortal" Peng Zu, but was forced to face an insidious opponent, and a fierce battle was inevitable. Why do you want to find the way to longevity, but open the door to the underworld?

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