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The Red Flower Society is a secret society aiming to overthrow the Manchu-led Qing Empire and restore Han Chinese rule in China. It is led by 15 heroes, with Chen Jialuo as their chief.
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Synopsis:
The Red Flower Society is a
secret society aiming to overthrow the Manchu-led Qing Empire and restore Han
Chinese rule in China. It is led by 15 heroes, with Chen Jialuo as their chief.
At the beginning of the novel, the Qianlong Emperor sends his men to ambush and
arrest Wen Tailai, the society's fourth leader, because he wants to silence
Wen, who knows a secret about him.
The main plot follows the
heroes' repeated attempts to rescue Wen Tailai, and is intertwined with two or
more extensive subplots. The heroes encounter some Islamic tribesmen who are
pursuing a convoy of mercenaries who have robbed them of their holy artefact, a
Quran. Chen Jialuo aids the tribesmen in defeating the mercenaries and recovers
the holy book. He earns the respect and admiration of Huoqingtong, the daughter
of the tribe's leader. Throughout the novel, some of the heroes eventually find
their future spouses after braving danger together: Xu Tianhong and Yu Yutong
marry Zhou Qi and Li Yuanzhi respectively.
Chen Jialuo and the heroes
follow the trail of the convoy escorting Wen Tailai and arrive in Hangzhou. In
Hangzhou, Chen Jialuo coincidentally meets the Qianlong Emperor, who is
disguised as a rich man, and befriends him. However, after they discover each
other's true identities, tensions between them increase. When the emperor's
best warriors are defeated by the heroes in a martial arts contest, the emperor
feels humiliated and wants to summon imperial forces stationed in Hangzhou to
destroy the Red Flower Society. However, he eventually refrains from doing so
when he learns of the society's strong influence and connections in Hangzhou.
When Chen Jialuo finally
rescues Wen Tailai, he is surprised to learn that the Qianlong Emperor is in
fact not a Manchu, but a Han Chinese. Even more shockingly, Wen reveals that
the emperor is actually Chen's elder brother, who, shortly after his birth, had
switched places with the Yongzheng Emperor's daughter. Chen and the heroes
kidnap the emperor and hold him hostage in the Liuhe Pagoda, where they try to
persuade him to acknowledge his ethnicity. They suggest that he use his
privileged status to drive the Manchus out of the Central Plains, and assure
him that he will remain as the emperor after that. The emperor reluctantly
agrees and swears an oath of alliance with the heroes.
At the same time, the Qing
army invades western China, where the Islamic tribe lives, so Chen Jialuo
travels there to help his friends. He meets Huoqingtong and her younger sister,
Kasili (Princess Fragrance). Chen falls in love with Kasili and finds himself
entangled in a love triangle, because Huoqingtong also has romantic feelings for
him. The Islamic tribe is eventually annihilated by the Qing army and Kasili is
captured and brought back to the Qing capital.
The Qianlong Emperor is
attracted to Kasili's beauty and tries to force her to become his concubine but
she refuses. Chen Jialuo infiltrates the palace to meet the emperor, remind him
about their pact, and promise him that he will persuade Kasili to marry the
emperor. Kasili later discovers that the emperor is going to break his promise
and is secretly planning to lure the Red Flower Society into a trap and destroy
them, so she commits suicide to warn Chen. The heroes are angry with the
emperor for renouncing his oath so they storm the palace. The emperor is
defeated and forced to come to a truce with the heroes. Chen Jialuo and his
friends then head towards the western regions after paying their respects at
Kasili's tomb.
Author | Chin Yung/Jin Yong |
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Finished | Ya |
The book and the sword part 1
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The book and the sword part 2
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The book and the sword part 3
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The book and the sword part 4
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The book and the sword part 5
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The book and the sword part 6
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The book and the sword part 7
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The book and the sword part 8
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The book and the sword part 9 (End)
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