20 Works in Murder Friends Jing Beiyuan & Zhou Zishu
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A Word of Honor Cyberpunk AU that began with the sentence, "So... 'WKX is Skynet' is the scariest thought I've had all week."
Featuring a cybernetically enhanced Zhou Zishu as our reluctant protagonist and Wen Kexing as the godlike AI that falls in love with him.
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“Zishu, what has gotten into you?” Jing Beiyuan demands, exasperated. “Why are you in such a mood?”
Zhou Zishu sighs. He should have known better than to come here. “Fuck, I don’t know. I just… my head is a fucking mess.”
Jing Beiyuan’s exasperation turns into concern. “Is that secret crush of yours giving you trouble? I swear I’d like to–”
“God, don’t call him that. It’s not like that.”
“Ah, so it is him,” Jing Beiyuan gives him one of those horrible, wise-beyond-his-years looks that Zhou Zishu despises. "I wish you'd tell me who it is."
Zhou Zishu glares at him.
“You know what I think?” Jing Beiyuan says, setting down his laptop.
“I don’t care what you think.”
“I think you should fuck someone else.”
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Written for Qi Ye Week 2024: Day 6, First Time.
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- Part 3 of Going Greek: A Siji Fraternity AU
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“Would you consent to indulge me today, and leave these two to their own devices for a bit?” Jing Beiyuan asks, nodding at Wuxi and Zhou Zishu where they're sparring.
Wen Kexing looks skeptical, but curious.
“You see," Jing Beiyuan continues, "a very long time ago I made a promise to my friend, and I’m hoping you might be able to help me deliver on it.”
“What on earth did you promise him?”
Jing Beiyuan flashes his most fox-like smile. “A beautiful Nanjiang bride with a slender figure.”
Wen Kexing blinks in amused surprise as Jing Beiyuan makes a theatrical show of holding his hands up to measure the span of Wen Kexing’s trim waist, already contemplating the trunk full of finery he’s not worn since his own wedding day. “I think you’ll do nicely, don’t you? I’m certain you’ll look absolutely stunning in red.”
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With the Dawn by bladedweaponsandswishycoats (jeweledichneumon)
Fandoms: 七爷 | Qi Ye - priest
30 Dec 2023
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Zhou Zishu is coming to Nanjiang at last.
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- Part 2 of The Eldritch Jing Beiyuan 'Verse
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In which two good friends share a few drinks, some secrets, a bit of friendly advice, and a little hands-on experimentation.
This story takes place in this modern, university AU continuity, but it stands just fine on its own.
Featuring art by the inimitable MTKay13!
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- Part 2 of Going Greek: A Siji Fraternity AU
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All The Changes, Seen and Unseen by cj_is_alright
Fandoms: 天涯客 | Faraway Wanderers - priest, 七爷 | Qi Ye - priest
09 Dec 2023
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While spending a rare afternoon alone together, Jing Beiyuan asks Zhou Zishu some personal questions about himself and his relationship with Wen Kexing.
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1. In Vino Veritas | Истина в вине by Sandu999 for OrchisAilsa
Fandoms: 山河令 | Word of Honor (TV 2021), 七爷 | Qi Ye - priest, 天涯客 | Faraway Wanderers - priest
06 May 2023
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Постканон, в котором Чжоу Цзышу и Цзин Бэйюань наконец-то выпивают вместе.
Цзин Бэйюань весьма разговорчив. А когда выпьет, то становится ещё разговорчивее. Чжоу Цзышу, как оказалось, совершенно не готов к беседе по душам со своим старым другом. Бессмертие, по-видимому, не спасает от смерти из-за смущения.
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- Part 1 of Sapere Aude | Дерзай знать
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And we're back with another installment in my 七爷/天涯客/山河令 Spy AU, in which Zhou Zishu is a spy undercover, Jing Beiyuan is his handler, and a mission does not go at all as planned. (This work stands alone, no prior knowledge of the AU is needed.)
A story in two acts, wherein Zhou Zishu has a very hard day at work, and Jing Beiyuan is there to make sure his evening turns out much, much better.
Written for Polyship Week 2023, Day 7: Case Fic, with shades of Accidental Family Acquisition
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- Part 4 of From Wuxia With Love
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Wen Kexing carved out his supremacy among the ghosts as an irresistible force of nature: ruthless, relentless, capricious, and savage. Zhou Zishu has long been known within the ranks of Tian Chuang for his iron will: cold, inexorable, unfeeling, and unwavering.
What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object?
This fic is canon-compliant, focused on exploring in-between moments and missing scenes peppered among the episodes of Word of Honor.
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fuori dal mondo by bladedweaponsandswishycoats (jeweledichneumon)
Fandoms: 七爷 | Qi Ye - priest
03 Feb 2023
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“Don’t be afraid, it’s nothing to do with you. Go back!” Wu Xi urged him.
But something was happening to Jing Beiyuan, something he didn’t quite comprehend. The arm—it was his own arm—that Wu Xi was tugging on seemed to shift, lengthening and going almost boneless. He expected to feel the sharp pang of a dislocated shoulder, but then it…didn’t happen. The very texture of his arm was changing, the muscles stretching out like putty and rendering the joint that he feared damaged superfluous.
Or:
Sometimes found family is a jianghu nobody turned budding spymaster, a war hostage with a fondness for venomous creatures, and a prince of the realm (who is only sometimes an eldritch horror) trying to plot a path to survival (and happiness).
With art by the amazing AsteRiesling!!!!
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- Part 1 of The Eldritch Jing Beiyuan 'Verse
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approximate allegiances by bladedweaponsandswishycoats (jeweledichneumon) for deepestbluesky
Fandoms: 七爷 | Qi Ye - priest
25 Dec 2022
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Jing Beiyuan has been targeted by one of their enemies. Zhou Zishu knows just what to do.
Or: The one where Su Qingluan gets recruited as an asset and ally to the Crown Prince Party.
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A modern AU for 七爷/天涯客/山河令, inspired by James Bond.
Jing Beiyuan is the head Strategist for Da Qing’s Ministry of Intelligence, supporting Zhou Zishu and Wu Xi as field agents. Jing Beiyuan and Wu Xi don't get along particularly well, at first. But when something happens leaving them stuck in the field together on a mission, cut off from both Zhou Zishu and headquarters, the two must learn to work together to ensure their survival, not to mention national security.
Featuring gorgeous artwork by disasterising!!!
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- Part 1 of From Wuxia With Love
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To Be or Not to Be: The Sable Edition by bladedweaponsandswishycoats (jeweledichneumon)
Fandoms: 七爷 | Qi Ye - priest
14 Sep 2022
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“He kept a group of young actors of unknown origin in his rear courtyard, and when he had nothing to do, he was fond of taking it upon himself to write a couple irrelevant, eccentric works for them to sing. During good moods, he would sometimes specially invite Wu Xi over, too.”
-Qiye, Chapter 42But what, actually, WERE those "eccentric works"?
A continuation of "Jing Beiyuan Wastes Time Writing Poems From The Sable's PoV (Part Three)"
(This time, for a change, there IS an actual fic to go with it, not just the poem parody!)
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Gradually and then Suddenly by bladedweaponsandswishycoats (jeweledichneumon) for Shadaras
Fandoms: 七爷 | Qi Ye - priest
30 Jun 2022
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"How did it happen?" The voice comes from behind Jing Beiyuan, but he doesn't have to turn to know the speaker.
He continues staring into the mirror. "Two ways," he answers finally, voice soft. "Gradually, and then suddenly."
Zhou Zishu takes it for the invitation it is, and comes into the room fully, the floor-length curtain barely rustling with his passage. Jing Beiyuan doesn't ask why he's come in that way.
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- Part 11 of Tianchuang Era Zhou Zishu One-shots
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a podfic of Unvarnished by bladedweaponsandswishycoats. recorded for Voiceteam 2022. author's original summary:
“Zishu? I know you’re in there. Liang Jiuxiao told me what happened. We need to talk. I’ve brought wine and dinner, too.”
Zhou Zishu goes still when he realizes who it is. Jing Beiyuan is, at least, one of the few people who knows some of his secrets. Not all, of course, not even most—but the things he doesn’t know are unlikely to shock or anger the man. He’s also, however, the most ruthless person Zhou Zishu knows, and if Zhou Zishu can barely endure himself in this state, Jing Beiyuan is unlikely to be willing to do so either.
So that means he’s come...well.
Zhou Zishu takes a deep breath. He could flee, or fight—Jing Beiyuan is no match for him, physically—but he won’t. Because the thing is, Jing Beiyuan is just doing what he would, if their positions were reversed. And...it’s probably the right thing to do, if there really is no cure.
(In which Jing Beiyuan learns he can trust this life's version of Zhou Zishu.)
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Nor Quarrel with Others by bladedweaponsandswishycoats (jeweledichneumon)
Fandoms: 七爷 | Qi Ye - priest
25 Feb 2022
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His Highness seemed quite pleased. Even more pleased, if possible, was the furry (and bloody) menace perched proudly on the Prince's shoulder, chittering proudly about its feat—it was the little sable, it turned out, that had attacked the spy and saved their Prince. A-Mei looked at it with more respect, a little impressed. They'd been warned it was venomous, but she'd had no idea its venom could be that lethal and fast-acting.
Ordered to disperse, A-Mei turned away and began to follow the others, but then remembered the third thing—that shadowy figure. Without really considering it, she turned back, looking up, only to see a man leaping down. The excitement of the morning initially had her ready to panic—was this another attack? She jumped back, looking for a place to hide, but wasn't fast enough.
"Ah, ah, I don't think so—" the grip on A-Mei's elbow was light but unbreakable, even as she twisted to get away.
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- Part 10 of Tianchuang Era Zhou Zishu One-shots
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Unvarnished by bladedweaponsandswishycoats (jeweledichneumon)
Fandoms: 七爷 | Qi Ye - priest
12 Oct 2021
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“Zishu? I know you’re in there. Liang Jiuxiao told me what happened. We need to talk. I’ve brought wine and dinner, too.”
Zhou Zishu goes still when he realizes who it is. Jing Beiyuan is, at least, one of the few people who knows some of his secrets. Not all, of course, not even most—but the things he doesn’t know are unlikely to shock or anger the man. He’s also, however, the most ruthless person Zhou Zishu knows, and if Zhou Zishu can barely endure himself in this state, Jing Beiyuan is unlikely to be willing to do so either.
So that means he’s come...well.
Zhou Zishu takes a deep breath. He could flee, or fight—Jing Beiyuan is no match for him, physically—but he won’t. Because the thing is, Jing Beiyuan is just doing what he would, if their positions were reversed. And...it’s probably the right thing to do, if there really is no cure.
(In which Jing Beiyuan learns he can trust this life's version of Zhou Zishu.)
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- Part 8 of Tianchuang Era Zhou Zishu One-shots
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CatKin by bladedweaponsandswishycoats (jeweledichneumon)
Fandoms: 山河令 | Word of Honor (TV 2021)
08 Oct 2021
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In which Zhou Zishu thinks he’s a cat, Han Ying is puzzled about the learning objectives of this lesson, and Jing Beiyuan swears he had nothing to do with this innocent misunderstanding (but thinks it’s funny as hell).
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Iron and Stone by bladedweaponsandswishycoats (jeweledichneumon)
Fandoms: 七爷 | Qi Ye - priest, 山河令 | Word of Honor (TV 2021)
13 Sep 2021
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“This commoner is fine, Prince, but thank you for your concern. It’s nothing that a jar of wine won’t help,” Zhou Zishu says, which brings a skeptical look to Jing Beiyuan’s face. He really is fine, though, despite everything.
“Ah, so I’m just here to enable you?” Jing Beiyuan asks drily, closing the folding fan in his hand decisively and approaching.
Zhou Zishu raises an eyebrow and glares a little. “Do I seem like I need to be enabled?”
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With his eyes shut and Zhou Zishu wrapped softly around him, Jing Beiyuan realizes that it’s not even a human lifetime that he remembers this feeling from; it’s the one where he’d been a fox. That life had ended rather ignobly, of course, but before that—he had blurry memories of being a kit, safe in the circle of warmth with his siblings and mother, waiting out the winter in their den. Thinking about it that way, he suddenly feels that this is not so bad; it might even be...pleasant. Amused, a little, at this, he smiles silently into the dark, thinking about the absurdity of that and stroking Zhou Zishu's hair gently.
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- Part 3 of Tianchuang Era Zhou Zishu One-shots
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In Vino Veritas by OrchisAilsa
Fandoms: 七爷 | Qi Ye - priest, 天涯客 | Faraway Wanderers - priest
15 Aug 2021
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Jing Beiyuan talks a lot. When he drinks, he talks even more. Zhou Zishu is absolutely not ready for the sort of heart to heart his oldest friend has in mind. Forget how hard he's fought to recover from the nails. He's now going to die of embarrassment.
I wrote this because I wanted to be a fly on the wall when these two degenerate bastards finally sat down to share that long-promised drink.
Inspired by That One TYK Extra wherein Jing Beiyuan casually comments that Wen Kexing and Zhou Zishu are fighting so much because they haven't figured out yet who's going to top whom.
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- Part 1 of Sapere Aude