curse

Chapter 19

Luo Zhou looked out of the window, and the autumn wind outside the window poured into the room, and there seemed to be something whistling in his ears, just like what was written in his script.His fingers had been on the keyboard for a long time, and he didn't type a single word on the computer screen for half an hour, maybe an hour.

He quietly looked at the title of the script "Soul of Loulan", and suddenly regretted why he wrote Loulan in the first place. He gave the first script to that distant ancient city just because he liked Yasushi Inoue's novels?Maybe I was a little under-considered.It might be easier to write a script about urban love on the Internet, just copy a few large paragraphs of dialogue from those boring Internet literature, and it may also attract young audiences, and even use the new concept of "Internet Drama" Hype it up.But it was too late now, maybe he was destined to be engulfed in the yellow sand of Loulan, that ending, the fatal ending, could never be born from under his keyboard.Luo Zhou feels that writing is like a woman giving birth, and the final stage is the stage of childbirth, a complete work will be born from the author's thinking like a baby.When luck is good, it is normal birth; when luck is bad, it is dystocia.Luo Zhou thought to himself, now, he is in the midst of dystocia, no doubt, he is in great pain like a dystocia mother, he can only pray for the mysterious inspiration to avoid the end of stillbirth, but, since experiencing After what happened last time, he no longer dared to go for a walk by the Suzhou River at night to find inspiration.

There was only one ending missing. In the morning, Luo Zhou printed out the finished part and brought it to the theater for the actors to see.The actors only watched it lightly, and Xiao Se even said that the play was better written than Shakespeare before watching it.Luo Zhou's script broke the chronological order, and such an arrangement made it difficult for the actors to understand.When the actors were reading the script, he carefully observed the reactions of the actors, and the only one that didn't disappoint him was Lan Yue.Lan Yue read the script almost word for word. She seemed to be thinking about what to say to Luo Zhou, but she didn't say it after all.

Just when Luo Zhou's thoughts were stuck in the daytime, the phone rang suddenly. He picked up the phone and heard a woman's voice: "Hello, is this Luo Zhou?"

"it's me."

"I'm Lan Yue, can I come to your house now?"

Lan Yue's words made Luo Zhou's heart beat faster immediately, he didn't know how to answer, he just said in a daze: "So it's Lan Yue, but it's too late now, and the road is inconvenient."

"I'm right outside your door right now."

Lan Yue hung up the phone.

She is right outside the door?He must have called with his mobile phone, Luo Zhou immediately stood up, went out and opened the door.Sure enough, it was Lan Yue, who was standing outside the door with her mobile phone in her hand, with a faint smile on her lips.Luo Zhou stared at the smile on Lanyue's mouth, and didn't know what words to use to describe Lanyue's appearance at this moment.Although it is indeed very charming, a beautiful woman standing outside the door in the dead of night always makes people feel an indescribable ambiguity.Of course, he welcomed Lan Yue in immediately.Lan Yue walked into his home almost silently, came to Luo Zhou's computer, and said softly: "Director Luo, why haven't you finished writing your script yet?"

Luo Zhou smiled wryly, and said, "It's really nerve-wracking. Lan Yue, why did you come so late?"

"Can't I come?" She looked back at him.

"Of course I can, I just said it's too late now." Luo Zhou was a little embarrassed.

"The night is just beginning."

Luo Zhou looked down at his watch, it was already 10:[-].He hurriedly said, "What do you want to drink?"

"I don't want anything." Lan Yue said coldly, "Actually, I came here for your script."

"Script? What's your opinion on the script?" Luo Zhou was a little disappointed. He thought that Lan Yue came here to grab the position of the heroine, just like Xiao Se always pestered him.

"I'm really sorry, let's just say it, I don't think your script is well written."

Luo Zhou was taken aback, thinking that she had spotted it, so he could only honestly say, "I admit it."

Lan Yue smiled slightly: "If you continue to write like this, you won't be able to finish the script on the day of the performance."

Luo Zhou nodded helplessly. He felt that the young girl in front of him had extraordinary insight, which was beyond the reach of ordinary women. Compared with her, Xiao Se immediately paled in comparison.

Lan Yue continued: "Let me write with you."

"What did you say? You're writing with me?"

"Don't you believe it?" Lan Yue's eyes met his.

Luo Zhou spread his hands and said, "Okay, you can tell me your idea now."

Lanyue nodded, and she said softly: "The biggest shortcoming of the script is that the content is too vulgar. Although the structure breaks the chronological order, it doesn't help the plot. Instead, it will disappoint the audience and waste a good material." .In fact, the theme and name of this drama are quite good. Soul Break Loulan has an aesthetic name, and Loulan is such a mysterious place. Many people yearn for it. If the mystery can be highlighted in the drama It will definitely attract many audiences, and even make our troupe a hit."

"Mystery?" Luo Zhou nodded, as if he had realized something from Lan Yue's words.

"Yes, the world is very mysterious. Even in daily life, there are many mysterious contents, especially in Loulan. I plan to change the script to this——

"More than 1000 years ago, the king of Loulan was separated from the army in a war. He fled alone into an ancient cemetery. In the cemetery, he met a mysterious woman. The mysterious woman rescued him. The king made a private appointment for life, but soon after, the king left her and returned to Loulan to continue his life as an emperor.

"One year later, the king went back to the ancient tomb to look for the mysterious woman, but found that the mysterious woman had died, leaving only one daughter. The king took her daughter back to Loulan and held her as the jewel in his palm. Twenty years later, Loulan The princess became the most beautiful woman in the entire Western Region. The prince of Khotan, the most famous warrior in the Western Region, came to Loulan to propose to Princess Loulan. Betrothed the princess to Rouran Khan.

"On that night, the princess met the prince at the secret invitation of the prince of Khotan, but was taken back to the palace by the warriors sent by the king. At this time, the prince of Khotan came to the meeting place, but found Another folk woman, he mistakenly thought that this was Princess Loulan, and expressed his love to her. Because the plot stipulates that all Loulan women are covered with veils, the prince did not see her face clearly at first. In fact, the folk woman is the real heroine, her name is Lanna, she is a servant girl in a hotel.

"The prince came to meet her at the old place every night, and Lanna came as scheduled every time, although the prince never saw her face. The prince has been staying in Loulan City, and the hotel he stayed in is exactly In the place where Lanna was a servant girl, when she was pouring water for the prince, her veil fell off, allowing the prince to see her face clearly. The prince was surprised by her beauty and extraordinary, and was gradually attracted by her. Since then , the prince talked to Lanna during the day, and went to meet his imaginary "princess" at night. In fact, the person he met was the same person, but the prince didn't know this, so he fell into a dilemma.

"Later, the Rouran Khanate tore up the treaty with Loulan, and attacked Loulan before marrying the princess. Therefore, Prince Khotan was ordered to lead the Loulan army and defeated Rouran's army. In order to repay Khotan, the King of Loulan The prince finally betrothed the princess to the prince. On the wedding night, the prince took off her veil and told the princess about the experience of their meeting, but the princess said that he was not the one who met him. This surprised the prince, he That night, he left the princess and let her stay alone in the empty room. The prince returned to the hotel, found Lanna, found out the truth, and expressed his love, but Lanna was unwilling to go away with him.

"At this moment, the princess is full of anger and jealousy. She feels that she has been fooled and is determined to take revenge. At this time, Prince Khotan has been supported by all Loulan people. The princess can only ask the gods of Loulan. She sent someone to arrest him. Lanna, and falsely claimed that Lanna was dead and buried in the valley of the tomb. The prince rushed to the valley of the tomb and committed suicide. However, the death of the prince deepened the princess's hatred for Lanna, and she carried out a large-scale massacre. In the ritual of offering sacrifices to the gods, Lanna had to swear to never love the prince again in front of the gods, but Lanna expressed that she would always love the prince.

"In the end, the princess gave the prince's head to Lanna. Lanna hugged the prince's head and wept bitterly, and committed suicide in front of the gods. Before committing suicide, she read the name of Loulan's god who was in charge of death, and tortured Loulan. An eternal curse, cursing the Kingdom of Loulan to disappear from the world and become a dead city in the wasteland.

"A few years later, the river that entered Lop Nur stopped flowing, and the water resources became smaller and smaller. People began to feel the curse that Lanna had before she died. In the end, the water source in Lop Nur was completely cut off, and Loulan was abandoned by people because of lack of water. The people of Loulan left Loulan without their homes. At this moment, Princess Loulan also left the palace and came to Lanna’s tomb to confess. There, she had a dream. In the dream, her biological mother told her that the princess had a Her twin sister, who didn't look much alike, was taken away by a passing hotel owner when she was born. Later, the twin sister grew up and was named Lanna. Only now did the princess understand everything, yes She killed her own sister, the princess finally died in pain, and Loulan became a city of death until today."

Luo Zhou listened slowly to what Lanyue said until the end, almost immersed in her language, he didn't know how to say it.Perhaps it was a feeling of shame. After writing it for so long, I still couldn't get in. However, it took Lanyue just a short time to complete the whole story, and he had to admit that this story It can indeed touch people's hearts, because at least it has touched his own heart.He was about to speak, but he didn't know how to express it, he just stared blankly at Lan Yue's eyes.

"What's wrong with you?" Lan Yue smiled foolishly.

Luo Zhou knew that he had lost his composure: "No, it's nothing, you spoke really well. You must have dried up after talking so much just now." He immediately stood up, took out a bottle of drink from the refrigerator, poured it into blue moon.

Lanyue drank a few sips, then stretched out the tip of her tongue to lick her lips. Luo Zhou saw her and felt that the way she licked her lips was very tempting.But he didn't have time to think about it, so he asked her: "Lan Yue, what are you thinking? What inspired you?"

"Mystery, mystery is very important. How did Loulan die? That's how it died. I like such stories. This is an eternal mystery that will always fascinate people."

"You said that Loulan died because of a curse? You really have an imagination." Luo Zhou nodded.

"I believe in curses." Lan Yue said coldly.

Luo Zhou was a little sensitive to the word "curse", and he really didn't want to mention it more. He changed the subject: "Then, why must the princess and Lanna be sisters?"

"Because people have two sides, each side is completely different, and even fiercely conflicts with each other. I think that twins can actually be regarded as the same person, but divided into different aspects of a person. In this story, it is two sides of a person who love at the same time. Having sex with a man, because of jealousy, one side of me killed the other side of me."

"It sounds like the symbol of the mirror in Borges' novel." Luo Zhou said to himself.

Lan Yue took another sip and said, "Thank you for the drink." Then she stood up.

It was already 11:[-], Luo Zhou said worriedly: "It's too late, why don't you go back now?"

"You want to keep me?" Lan Yue said bluntly.

Luo Zhou was even more embarrassed and speechless.

"Forget it. Goodbye." She walked to the door.

"Do you want me to take you home?" Luo Zhou asked at the door.

Lan Yue shook her head and said, "You take me home, who will take you home?"

Luo Yi was taken aback, but Lan Yue laughed without any scruples, and the laughter kept spinning in the empty corridor.

"Lan Yue, I will change the script according to what you said, and you can also come here to write the script with me anytime, anywhere. The days before the performance are not many, we have to work hard."

Lanyue continued to smile again, and said softly: "You are really interesting." Then she turned her head and walked away. Soon, she entered the elevator. As the elevator door closed, Luo Zhou only saw a faint smile. A smile flicked from the corner of her mouth.

Luo Zhou watched the floor sign above the elevator door descending step by step, until it stopped at the bottom floor.Then he returned to the room, leaned on the window, and looked down. The Suzhou Creek in the night mist was so blurred that he couldn't see anything clearly.

Then he returned to the computer and quickly typed the keyboard with his ten fingers.

(End of this chapter)