Chapter 393: Has Luo Mo Fallen from the Altar?

It can be said that the side-character descriptions of the "Kirin Talent" in the first episode have already raised the prestige to a very high level.

In order to find out who the Kirin Talent helping the Yan Kingdom's Sixth Prince enter the Eastern Palace really is, Prince Yu resolutely chooses to change his route and personally make a trip to Langya Pavilion.

The people at Langya Pavilion tell Prince Yu the rules for doing business at Langya Pavilion.

You only need to choose any compartment with a key, write down your difficult question, and place it inside the compartment; three days later, a quote will appear inside.

If you feel the price is appropriate, just place the payment into the compartment, and someone will naturally deliver the answer to your hands.

Prince Yu only smiles and says: "I am clear on the rules for doing business at Langya Pavilion."

"However, the difficult questions of this world are all different; there are those that these small compartments can hold, and naturally there are those they cannot hold, are there not?"

With just a few words, many viewers feel that many of the lines in this show have quite a bit of flavor.

My question is not something that your tiny compartment with a key is fit to seal away.

And the payment I can give you is something this tiny compartment naturally cannot hold either.

Immediately following this, Prince Yu receives a silk pouch that Lin Chen had prepared long ago.

He does not know that Langya Pavilion has prepared an identical one for the Crown Prince's side as well.

Prince Yu follows instructions to only open the pouch after returning to the capital; inside the pouch is only one sentence.

"Top of the Langya List, Mei Lang of Jiangzuo. Kirin Talent, obtain him and you can obtain the world."

Prince Yu asks in a deep voice: "Qin Bore, who is this person?"

Qin Bore, played by Tang Shiyu, appears at this moment; that slightly bewitching red-clad attire makes many viewers' eyes light up.

This person is Prince Yu's strategist, a femme fatale.

Tang Shiyu has always presented herself with a pure, maidenly image; now, in red robes with charming brows and eyes, she brings a strong sense of contrast.

Her every smile and frown seems capable of capturing one's soul.

Even though she is dressed quite modestly, she gives people the feeling of a seductive, wicked woman.

You must know, many viewers on Earth cannot figure out one point: "Does Prince Yu really just use her as a strategist?"

Many male viewers express deep emotion over this: "If I were Prince Yu, Qin Bore would already be on her second child!"

This kind of wicked woman, please hurry up and toy with me!

On the other side, Ning Kingdom Marquis Xie Yu is also analyzing the contents of the silk pouch together with the Crown Prince.

Upon seeing Xie Yu's face, Ding Xiaoyu cannot help but exclaim.

"Him! It's him!"

"What 'him'?" Chen Ru is puzzled.

"In that battlefield scene at the beginning, the one who swung his blade to kill people was him!" Ding Xiaoyu says.

Many people, when watching "Nirvana in Fire" for the first time, did not recognize at all that the person was Xie Yu.

"Really?" Chen Ru is still a bit skeptical; she doesn't have eyes as sharp as Ding Xiaoyu's.

Soon, Xie Yu and Qin Bore inform the Crown Prince and Prince Yu respectively that Mei Lang of Jiangzuo is the Sect Leader of the Jiangzuo Alliance, the top of the Langya Talent List—Mei Zhangsu.

It is quite magical; the progress bar for the first episode is already more than halfway through at this point, and Luo Mo, as the male lead, only had one shot of waking up from a dream at the very beginning.

It doesn't even count as an official appearance.

Everything else is entirely side-character descriptions of him.

This technique is actually relatively common in web novels, but used slightly less in film and television dramas.

Using the reactions, interactions, and expressions of other people to set off the protagonist.

At this moment, the audience already understands what kind of person Mei Zhangsu is.

He knows no martial arts at all, yet a vast number of people from the pugilistic world are willing to follow him. And the Jiangzuo Alliance he leads has seen its prestige grow higher year by year in the Jiangzuo region, becoming the number one power in the pugilistic world.

And when Mei Zhangsu, played by Luo Mo, makes his proper debut, it is on a small flat-bottomed boat in the middle of the river.

The fog on the river is thick, and everyone can only vaguely see the figure on the small boat.

Before the person arrives, the sound of a flute arrives first.

Several large ships are currently chasing a few people; the moment the people on the ships see this hazy figure and hear the flute, they show panic and immediately shout loudly: "Stop the ships!"

After seeing clearly that the person who arrived is indeed Mei Zhangsu, this person immediately swallows hard, bows, and says: "I am Ji Ying; I was reckless for a moment and mistakenly entered the Jiangzuo territory. I hope Sect Leader Mei will forgive me."

Beside Ji Ying, a man wearing brocade clothes looks at Ji Ying in confusion, then looks at the man holding the flute on the small boat.

He cannot understand why, with so many large ships and so many people on their side, they would be afraid of him?

Mei Zhangsu stands on the small boat and says indifferently: "The Shuangcha Gang has always been adjacent to the Jiangzuo Alliance. Today, Gang Leader Ji has come in person; how could I, Zhangsu, not come to greet you?"

Feiliu flies over from afar at this moment and lands on the small boat; the boat does not sway in the slightest, and the water surface barely ripples.

——An expert!

He drapes a cloak over Mei Zhangsu's shoulders, seemingly afraid he might catch a chill.

The image of a frail scholar is fully displayed.

Mei Zhangsu looks at the group currently engaged in a chase, mediates, and states that in the Jiangzuo territory, the business of killing is not permitted.

"In my Jiangzuo territory, business is not done this way."

On the large ship, the guy in brocade clothes beside Gang Leader Ji shouts: "Those people are servants of the Duke Qing Manor. We are catching our own servants; do you have to manage this too?"

Gang Leader Ji looks at him while fearfully glancing at Mei Zhangsu, the whole person falling into a state of terror.

Mei Zhangsu does nothing, only raises his eyes slightly with a serious expression.

Feiliu, standing behind him, immediately flies up, grabs the brocade-clad man, and throws him into the river.

Everything happens too fast; given the martial arts level of the people around Gang Leader Ji Ying, they have no time to react.

Mei Zhangsu looks down at the river surface and says: "Gang Leader Ji should be careful when making friends. In all this time, I have never heard such stupid words."

Ji Ying immediately bows again, begging for mercy with a very low attitude.

This gives the audience a very intuitive feeling: that the affairs of the pugilistic world seem to be decided by this scholar who looks weak and sickly!

Mei Zhangsu glanced at Ji Ying and said, "The river water is so cold; the brothers of the Shuangcha Gang should not go into the water to do business before the start of spring."

This refined and scholarly man spoke in a slow and measured way every time he opened his mouth, yet his words seemed to possess a power that left Ji Ying with no way to resist.

He hurriedly said, "Yes."

In this segment of the Drama, a large amount of contrasting techniques were used.

On the Shuangcha Gang's side, there were large ships, while on Mei Zhangsu's side, there was only a small skiff.

The leader of the Shuangcha Gang had twin blades on his back and looked quite sturdy, while Mei Zhangsu had only a long flute in his hand and a frail frame.

In terms of numbers, the Shuangcha Gang had dozens or even hundreds of people, while Mei Zhangsu only had Feiliu by his side.

Yet, the more intense this contrast was, the more the audience felt it was too cool.

A weak scholar who could not even truss a chicken possessed the power to command the heroes of the Jianghu; his entire entrance could be described as full of charisma.

But in the next transition, new characters appeared again.

Xiao Jingrui, the son of the Ning Kingdom Marquis Xie Yu and the Chang Gongzhu, and Yan Yujin, the son of Lord Yan, appeared, playing in the territory of the Jiangzuo Alliance.

Mei Zhangsu prepared to follow Xiao Jingrui to the capital and move into the Ning Kingdom Marquis Manor.

Which is to say... into the home of an enemy!

The viewers who understood shouted in their hearts: "Is it this exciting?"

And some viewers felt a bit confused and couldn't keep up with the rhythm because there were too many characters appearing and the subplots were too dense.

The main thing was that the Character Relationships needed to be sorted out.

Many people were even wondering, the Ning Kingdom Marquis's surname is Xie, why is his son surnamed Xiao!?

Oh my, my brain!

They only understood one point, which was that Lin Chen sought out Mei Zhangsu at this moment, took his pulse, and informed him that his physical condition was still very poor and he did not have much time left.

Mei Zhangsu said he needed two years, and Lin Chen said then you must at least take ten doctors to Jinling.

In the end, he just helplessly gave Mei Zhangsu a bottle of pills and told him to remember to take them.

On the way to Jinling, Mei Zhangsu also encountered Princess Nihuang, played by Xu Chujing, outside the city gate.

Inside the carriage, he took a deep look at this heroic and spirited person who was not inferior to any man.

There was clearly a story between the two.

Princess Nihuang had come from afar from Yunnan to the capital this time because the Liang Emperor wanted to arrange a marriage for her.

Through her conversation with Xia Dong of the Xuanjing Bureau, the audience learned that Princess Nihuang actually had a marriage contract with Lin Shu.

In other words, her identity was Mei Zhangsu's former fiancée!

The first episode ended here, and immediately after, in the second episode, a large number of new characters appeared.

For example, the Prince Jing who returned to the capital, and the Meng Dahuiling who crossed hands with Feiliu.

And Prince Jing's biological mother, Jing Concubine, who had not yet been titled Jing Consort.

Every time a new character appeared, there would be a short segment of Drama to reflect the character's current situation.

For example, Prince Jing was not favored by the Liang Emperor, and Prince Yu and the Crown Prince did not take him seriously.

This is good for Character Shaping, but it also makes some viewers feel slightly uncomfortable.

Chen Ru finally couldn't help but say: "It feels like it's good, but it also feels like after watching for an episode and a half, it's a bit strenuous."

"No way!" Ding Xiaoyu immediately retorted in a voice like a mosquito's buzz.

She was very afraid of Chen Ru, but she did not allow her mother to criticize the drama filmed by her master.

Chen Ru glanced at her, seeing her daughter lowering her head and picking at her small feet wearing pure white cotton socks, not daring to look at her, and in the end, she didn't say anything.

And at the end of the second episode, one of the famous scenes of the whole show appeared.

——Mei Zhangsu entered the palace to meet the Grand Empress Dowager.

This scene made many viewers tear up, and at the same time, Mei Zhangsu grabbed Princess Nihuang's hand right there!

Luo Mo and Xu Chujing held hands!

After the two episodes ended, Ding Xiaoyu felt unsatisfied, but Chen Ru felt it wasn't as relaxing to watch as the two "Chinese Paladin" series.

In her view, her daughter had a bit of blind worship for Luo Mo.

Let alone filming a drama, if Luo Mo published a book on advanced mathematics, Ding Xiaoyu would be able to read it with great interest!

"Perhaps it's because this is the first time coming into contact with this kind of drama about the imperial court and the Jianghu, so the rhythm is hard to control?" Chen Ru thought to herself.

At this time, after finishing the episodes, Ding Xiaoyu immediately took out her phone and searched for news related to "Nirvana in Fire".

The more she searched, the tighter her little brows furrowed.

"You're furrowing so much that your nose is getting wrinkles!" Chen Ru looked at her daughter, who was almost turning into a little steamed bun, and couldn't help but say.

"Huh?" Ding Xiaoyu didn't even hear what her mother was saying.

She only saw that the word-of-mouth for "Nirvana in Fire" on the internet showed a very obvious trend of polarization.

Those who thought it was good thought it was very good.

Those who thought it was bad were not in the minority.

This phenomenon had never appeared in any of Luo Mo's previous works.

Yet it happened to appear in "Nirvana in Fire", which had the largest investment and the most painstaking effort!

A huge war of words even broke out on the internet!

The two groups of people were arguing very fiercely, and it even made it onto the Hot Search.

"Why?" Ding Xiaoyu began to fall into deep thought.

(PS: Second update, asking for monthly tickets at the end of the month.

It seems that many dramas produced by Zhengwu Sunshine don't explode at the beginning, but become more popular as they go on. The recently popular "Reset" is also like this, with crazy foreshadowing in the first few episodes.)

(End of this chapter)