元朝至正三年是个多事之秋。水旱蝗灾频频光顾的淮右大地又平添了一场来势凶猛的瘟疫,死人往往死到一村灭绝,无人埋尸的境地。谁能料到,濠州钟离村的一个十七岁的受难者后来竟会成为一代王朝的开国之君,他就是朱元璋。这一年的四月天,一连降了半个月的大雨,淮河泛滥成灾,瘟死的人顺水漂流,树上、河滩到处有洪水冲来的腐尸,吃红了眼的野狗,都受不了腐肉的臭味,专拣还有一口气的活人下口。一个霹雷电闪大雨滂沱之夜,骇人的雷声混在恐怖的雨声中撕扯着天地,把淮右大地投入浑浑沌沌的境地。漆黑得伸手不见五指的暴风雨中,鬼火一样的风雨灯一闪一闪,时隐时现,可以看见一行十几个人影,在泥水中艰难移动。这是朱元璋央求几个穷哥们儿抬着他的父亲、母亲和长兄三具尸体奔本县的皇觉寺而来,希图让上无片瓦、下无寸土的朱家亡灵,能浮厝于庙里,不当游魂孤鬼,可谁知道寺里会不会发慈悲呢?一个月之内,瘟灾夺去朱家三口人的...
《面具》完结篇1“你、是、谁!?”男人抬头阴笑了笑,“感觉出来了?啧!我前几次模仿得好不好?是不是很像陈默爱抚你的感觉?我可是很用心的模仿了呢。”“你在说什么?”青年一字一顿。趁缺水还在混乱惊慌中,燕无过从他身上飞快离开穿衣、着鞋。他可不想在这时候和他打起来,否则他特意露出真面目的意思也就没了。不过……瞄瞄那具赤裸的身体,还真是他奶奶的……嗷——“我在说,”燕无过特意体贴地把椅子上的衣裤递给青年,“你先把衣服穿上我们慢慢聊。不要动手,不要动火,如果你想知道为什么的话。”一句“如果你想知道”让缺水瞬间平静下来,拉下帐帘起身着衣。他不是冲动的愣头青,在袁正啸的严格训练下,随时随地保持冷静的头脑也是他的必修课之一。已经发生的事再怎么也无法挽回!要怒,要杀人,不妨等到事情水落石出。...
《她死在QQ上》第一部分书评(1)谁的恐怖游戏严悦(2001-06-17 00:00:00)上路吧……背脊一阵恶寒。割腕,跳楼,心脏病突发,触电身亡,三个女孩和一个男孩都是因为QQ上面的这句话离奇死亡。而这四个人中网名惊鸿的女孩的表姐小诺在调查整个事件的过程中也差点因为这句话坠楼。虽然惊鸿和琉璃的死表面看来都是自杀,但是小诺坚信其背后必有隐情。《她死在QQ上》在故事叙述结尾道明了这个隐情,让人感觉既真实又虚幻。一如网络一样。整个故事脉络简单,元素复杂。主线就是一条,即惊鸿(唐静)、琉璃(苏雪君)、茗(张春华)、胜舟(罗胜舟)在同一时间以不同方式结束生命。故事从惊鸿入手,处处设下悬念,通过三个关键人物小诺、梯云纵(林中)、马伯庸的分析判断步步推进,最后找到元凶道明隐情。...
上午10:30分,我开始擦拭书局的玻璃橱窗,铁门拉下了一半,弯低身子将橱窗内的热卖作品重新调整一个位置,眼角余光的熟悉画面让我抬起头,停下手边的工作,看着右前方从Pub里走出来的女子和环绕在她身边约摸有七八个的一群人。我一眼就看见的女子走在正前方,那是一个出奇美丽的女子,从五官到身材比例,在瞧见的范围内我找不到一丝破绽,但让我着迷的不全是她的美,还有她眉间的英气飒爽和隐约的灵魄,总之,她是一个让所有人都震慑惊艳的女子。出色的人是不是也会吸引同样出色的人呢?至少常出现在她左右身边的那两个人是极其引人注意的。右边的男子有着一头显眼的金黄色半长发,淡蓝色的眼珠,脸蛋俊美,看起来像是混血儿,笑起来很有英国皇室贵族的气质。在女子左边的男子比她高了两个头,脸形削瘦、身材修长,我常见到他总是拍拍女子的头,或宠爱似的揽住她的肩,这两个人在她身边如影随形,像是左右护法或保护公主的骑士一样...
TWICE-TOLD TALESTHE CELESTIAL RAILROADby Nathaniel HawthorneNOT A GREAT WHILE AGO, passing through the gate of dreams, Ivisited that region of the earth in which lies the famous city ofDestruction. It interested me much to learn that, by the public spiritof some of the inhabitants, a railroad has recently been establishedbetween this populous and flourishing town, and the Celestial City....
SHERLOCK HOLMESTHE MUSGRAVE RITUALby Sir Arthur Conan DoyleAn anomaly which often struck me in the character of my friendSherlock Holmes was that, although in his methods of thought he wasthe neatest and most methodical of mankind, and although also heaffected a certain quiet primness of dress, he was nonetheless inhis personal habits one of the most untidy men that ever drove afellow-lodger to distraction. Not that I am in the least...
A Footnote to Historyby Robert Louis StevensonPREFACEAN affair which might be deemed worthy of a note of a few lines inany general history has been here expanded to the size of a volumeor large pamphlet. The smallness of the scale, and the singularityof the manners and events and many of the characters, considered,it is hoped that, in spite of its outlandish subject, the sketchmay find readers. It has been a task of difficulty. Speed was...
第01章 二十世纪某年的一个春日午后,古斯塔夫·阿申巴赫——在他五十岁生日以后,他在正式场合就以冯·阿申巴赫闻名——从慕尼黑摄政王街的邸宅里独个儿出来漫步。当时,欧洲大陆形势险恶,好儿个月来阴云密布。整整一个上午,作家繁重的、绞脑汁的工作累得精疲力竭,这些工作一直需要他以慎密周到、深入细致和一丝不苟的精神从事。午饭以后,他又感到自己控制不住内心汹涌澎湃创作思潮的激荡——或者说是“motusanimi continnus”(拉丁文,思潮如涌),根据西塞罗(古罗马政治家和演说家)的意见,雄伟有力的篇章就是由此产生的——想午睡一会以消除疲劳,可又睡不着(由于体力消耗一天比一天厉害,他感到每天午睡确实非常必要),于是喝过茶后不一会,他就想到外边去逛逛,希望空气和活动能帮助他消除疲劳,以便晚上再能好好地工作一会。 时光已是五月上旬,在几星期湿冷的天气之后,一个似是而非的仲夏来临了。虽然英国...
The Gameby Jack LondonCHAPTER IMany patterns of carpet lay rolled out before them on the floortwoof Brussels showed the beginning of their quest, and its ending inthat direction; while a score of ingrains lured their eyes andprolonged the debate between desire pocket-book. The head of thedepartment did them the honor of waiting upon them himselfor didJoe the honor, as she well knew, for she had noted the open-mouthedawe of the elevator boy who brought them up. Nor had she been blind...