"Teacher Fang, that's what I think."
Yu Hua said: "By the river in a village, murders occurred one after another. The first victim was a lonely old man, and the second victim was a man. , but in both murders, the protagonist was witnessed walking by the river, and by coincidence, he was the first to find the victim's head, so he naturally became an important suspect in the two murders. "
“Wouldn’t it be like Like in "Hunting", he was ostracized and bullied, and finally found out that he was wronged?"
Fang Yan reminded him with a smile, "Don't write it like that."
Yu Hua never thought about it Written as a plot like "Hunting", the protagonist of "Hunting" can survive a high-pressure and cruel environment such as questioning, bullying, and hatred until the day the truth is revealed, but the protagonist "Xu Liang" he imagined cannot So strong.
Under the investigation and interrogation of the police, as well as the alienation and fear of his family and villagers, Xu Liang began to doubt himself, suffered a mental breakdown, and kept having nightmares. Sometimes he dreamed that it was the murderer who dumped the body, and another victim appeared by the river. Head, sometimes dreaming that he is the murderer.
Under great pressure, I went for a walk by the river again, but by some strange coincidence, I ran into the third murder again.
His fragile psychological endurance prevented him from resisting such fateful teasing, and he committed suicide in a daze. As a result, he committed suicide out of fear of guilt.
As the story progressed, Wang Shuo, Lu Haiyan, Shi Tiesheng and others were attracted and listened to it from beginning to end.
“Gone?”
Fang Yan cast a questioning look.
“No more.”
Yu Hua looked around and asked, “What do you think?”
“Not so good, you are from the other teacher’s "Hunting" It’s just a copycat, there’s nothing new in the plot.”
Wang Shuo was the first to stand up and show no mercy.
Lu Haiyan said rather euphemistically: "From the perspective of suspense and reasoning, this story starts at the beginning but ends at the end. No, it ends at the end. Who is the real murderer? What is the method of committing the crime and the weapon? What is the motive for the murder? Why? I want to throw the body by the river..."
Under the advice of everyone, Yu Hua, Add the plot of the subsequent case solving in the novel:
When the self-righteous police and confused witnesses came to the river again, a fact that they had long ignored or failed to pay attention to has been teasing them. The murderer turned out to be a lunatic known to everyone in the village, and he had no motive for his murders.
As a result, the meticulous investigation activities of the public security personnel, the self-righteous reasoning and judgment, as well as the witnesses’ confusing, presupposed clever assumptions and inexplicable imaginations of the criminal suspects all seemed bizarre and ridiculous. .
It was the villagers, the police and the lunatic who joined forces to cause mistakes by the river to happen one after another, and also drove Xu Liang crazy and to death.
"Teacher Fang, what do you think?"
Seeing that Fang Yan had been silent since just now, Yu Hua felt uneasy and lacked confidence in his words.
Fang Yan turned around and asked: "Tiesheng, what do you think?"
"The whole story framework is already perfect, and the plot is pretty good, but can there be another unexpected one? Reversal?"
Shi Tiesheng said: "Or an O. Henry-style ending, an unexpected ending?"
Not only Yu Hua, but also Wang Shuo, Lu Haiyan and others fell into deep thinking, but after some hard thinking, they still found nothing.
“It’s not easy to come up with such an ending?” Zhong Acheng sighed, “Teacher Fang, what do you think?”
“I think if the protagonist is ‘victimized’ "Xu Liang' becomes an 'Investigator Police', and this story may become more interesting."
Fang Yan showed a meaningful smile.
Yu Hua, Wang Shuo, Zhong Acheng and others all turned their attention to Teacher Fang, eager to get the answer from him.
Under their expectant gazes, Fang Yan said bluntly:
"Although this bizarre and absurd murder case has been solved and can be closed, how should the sentence be imposed for a mentally ill murderer?"
"Facing the jeers of the madman when he was arrested, the police were furious He shot the madman with his own hands, not only because he failed to solve the case and was fooled by a madman for so long, but also because he was condemned by his conscience and became an accomplice in the murder of Xu Liang. "His! "
"Kill...kill!"
Everyone was shocked by the unfolding of this plot, but after careful consideration, they found that it was indeed unexpected and reasonable.
"Teacher Fang, this reversal is awesome!"
As a lackey, Wang Shuo did not forget to clap his hands and applaud him immediately.
Fang Yan interrupted: "Don't applaud in a hurry, it's not over yet, there will be more to come."
"There is more?" Everyone's eyes widened, stunned. .
Lu Haiyan was the first to come to his senses, and once again analyzed the case from the perspective of criminal investigation:
"A madman is not guilty of murder, but a law enforcer is guilty of intentional homicide, but Teacher Fang , do you want to make a fuss about this? ”
“ That's right, the only way to prevent the policeman who killed the madman from being sentenced is to prove that he is also a mental patient."
Fang Yan said: "The law does not cure the madman, so he will not be held legally responsible. As for escaping punishment.”
Wang Shuo was speechless, "No, how can a mentally ill person handle the case? This is too ridiculous!"
"Look, an even more bizarre, absurd and unexpected reversal is coming."
Fang Yan said: "Under the planning from top to bottom, a farce that fooled the law was staged in a serious manner. The police were extremely reluctant to treat this mentally ill patient and did not accept the good intentions of the leaders and family members. When he wants to play When he was a doctor, he cooperated seamlessly with this farce and got a certificate of mental illness, but this was something he never expected. "
Lu Haiyan's eyes lit up: " The policeman who killed the madman was finally proved to be a 'madman' by everyone. It's really ridiculous!"
"Yanzi, you are merging absurd realism and hallucinatory realism, right? ”
As soon as Shi Tiesheng said these words, everyone immediately nodded in agreement, high! Teacher Fang is really tall!
Yu Hua was even more impressed with admiration. Originally, he was just going to write a hallucinatory realism novel based on "Hunting", but he didn't expect that after Teacher Fang's "Golden Finger" guidance, he not only had Absurd realism, but also a bit of black humor.
This kind of work can really be written, I can’t believe how wonderful it is!
“The fates of police officers, murdered victims, eyewitnesses and villagers, innocent people who were wronged, and murderers and lunatics are intertwined to form an absurd yet real, bizarre and dark picture. "
Lu Haiyan said excitedly: "This novel must be published in "Mystery World", and the sales of that issue will definitely be booming! "
Yu Hua hesitated again and again, "This...this..."
"This is not possible."
Fang Yan waved his hand, "His purpose in writing this novel is to complete the Lu Xun Literary Academy The creative task should not be published in "Mystery World", and finally It is best to submit it to top literary journals such as "Contemporary", "October" and "People's Literature""
"Teacher Fang!"
Yu Hua was so moved that he insisted. Submit the manuscript of "The Mistake by the River" to "Mystery World".
He even wanted to let Fang Yan write the story directly. After all, whether it was the unexpected twists or the bizarre plot framework, it was basically his idea. He was just the porter of Teacher Fang’s inspiration. That’s all.
"You came up with this story, so you should write it."
Fang Yan said: "We just made some suggestions, how can we take away the beauty of others?"
“But...”
Yu Hua opened his mouth.
"Yanzi just guided your creation in the name of deputy editor of People's Literature."
Shi Tiesheng interrupted: "If you really feel sorry for yourself, wait until the manuscript is finished and give it to People's Literature for publication. "
"Just do as Tiesheng said."
Fang Yan patted Yu Hua on the shoulder and told him to write the new "Mistake by the River" steadily.
Although Lu Haiyan hid it very well, he still couldn't hide the look of regret on his face, and was worrying about compiling the next issue of "World of Reasoning".
"Don't worry, I've already thought of a manuscript for the next issue of the magazine."
Fang Yan said confidently.
"Teacher Fang, what good story have you thought of?!"
Lu Haiyan, Wang Shuo and others were surprised and happy.
“You see you are in a hurry, let’s find a place to eat and chat.”
Fang Yan's words immediately received unanimous agreement from everyone. (End of this chapter)