Chapter 309 Postscript: Why did I write about Zhao Guan and Ling Haotian

origin It took me nearly eight years to write this novel on and off.This work was lucky enough to win the first prize of the 2006 New Martial Arts Novel Contest, the Chinese Martial Soul. This was a big surprise to me. It can be said that it was the result of the right time, place, people, gathering together and some luck. . I have loved reading Jin Yong since I was a child, and I have read Jin Yong's complete works several times in elementary school.Like many other authors, I started writing martial arts because Jin Yong closed the pen, and reading a few sets of limited works over and over again was not satisfying, so I had to make up a story myself to continue my dream of martial arts.I started writing this novel in 1998, when I was just married and lived in London with my husband for a year.During that year, I didn’t have a job, and I was in a panic all day long in a small apartment, holding my laptop computer and concentrating on writing martial arts novels. Most of the plots of this book were written during that year.When I returned to Hong Kong in 1999, I returned to the investment bank with heavy work. When I was busy, I often worked day and night, so I could only sneak in and write on and off.At that time, I wrote this book just for fun, and I didn’t have any expectations about publishing awards or anything. I often saw interesting people and things in history books or in my life, and I wrote them in the book. .I used to love writing, and writing martial arts was like dreaming while writing, and I enjoyed it as a little pastime after work.

The first draft was completed around April 2000, and it was put on hold for a while, and it was not revised again until 2002, during the maternity leave.At that time, I sent the manuscript to several publishing houses, and when I learned that the possibility of publishing a long martial arts novel was extremely low, I gave up.Until one night at the end of 2005, when I was sorting out computer files at home, I accidentally opened the old manuscript of this book, and started to read without having anything to do.Unexpectedly, I couldn’t stop reading this one; the book was very long, and I read it night after night, revising it as I read it. It took me more than a month to finish reading the whole book.I really didn't expect that what I wrote a few years ago would attract me so much, move me, and make me want to stop.This awakened my long-standing dream of creating martial arts and gave me a little more confidence.I have a strong feeling: it's time for me to make people like Zhao Guan, Ling Haotian, and Zheng Baoan come alive and go out; it's time for them to get out of the manuscript, jump out of the text file I haven't opened for many years, and face the readers alive.If this novel can move me, how I hope it can also resonate with readers and move more people!

Since there is no hope of publication, I think, let's put it on the original literature website for netizens to see.It was also a coincidence that Hongxiu Tianxiang, an original literary website in mainland China, and Hong Kong Zhonghua Book Company jointly held the 2006 New Martial Arts Contest. "Xia" also participated in this martial arts competition.At that time, some people said that the title of "Tianguan Shuangxia" was not very eye-catching, so I changed it to "Amorous Prodigal Son and Infatuated Man". Unexpectedly, this title has been used to this day, and it is still published with this title today.Since the upload of Hongxiu Tianxiang, I have been loved and supported by many netizens throughout the year. I am very surprised that my novels are also loved by people!It turned out that I was not just daydreaming alone, writing stuff that can only be enjoyed by myself.In the end, this novel won the first prize of the Chinese Martial Soul Competition, and got the opportunity to publish it. It was like a dream that had been brewing for many years suddenly came true. The excitement and joy in my heart cannot be described in a few words.

If I hadn't opened the dusty old manuscript that night in 2005, read it, moved myself, decided to make my characters come alive, and went out, I wouldn't have put this work on the original literature website.If there is no martial arts competition held by Zhonghua Book Company and Hongxiu Tianxiang, I will not have the opportunity to present my works to the vast number of Internet readers for them to read and comment.Of course, if I hadn’t been driven by a passion for the past eight years, I would slowly write out the 800,000 characters each, revise and add countless times, and change the plots of the characters and stories until I am satisfied. , and will not complete this long work with a fairly neat quality.It was the right time, place and people, plus a bit of luck, that contributed to the award and publication of this work.

Now this work has finally been published as a book to face a larger audience.I hope that you, like me, can temporarily forget the mundane affairs, wander together with the characters in the book in the world of martial arts, and have a dream of martial arts! Brothel boy and Hushan mistress It is not easy to write two heroic, witty and brave young heroes in one book at the same time.Looking back now, I don't know whether the expected effect was achieved.Most of the whole book is written in a cross-cutting manner, with a section about Zhao Guan and a section about Ling Haotian. The experiences of the two echo each other and are vaguely related. I hope this narrative method will not confuse readers.

The Zhao Guan I imagined is a considerate, gentle and lovable vagabond, approachable and lovable.So many girls in the book fall for him, not only because of his handsome appearance, but also because of his peculiar and lovely character.In order to help others, he can go all out to help others, he has a deep sense of loyalty to his brothers and friends, he responds quickly and has clever means, he deceives people with higher martial arts than him, makes the elders who hate each other in Baihuamen submissive, and makes a group of scheming The boss of the youth gang played with him, but he himself never felt that he was anything special.He eventually became the leader of the Qing Gang, the largest gang in Jianghu, holding great power and being very popular, but he was still in the same state of mind as before when he was a boy in the Qingfeng Pavilion, and he didn't care about power and status at all.I think this is his most valuable.

Ling Haotian is a more tragic character.He is sincere to people, heroic and free and easy, but the difference between him and his elder brother Ling Biyi is that he is too arrogant and self-willed, disdain to perfunctory to please others, so the superficial and jealous decent martial arts can't tolerate him, and they plan to join forces to bring him from the top Pull up and down.As Zheng Baoan said, Xiao San is a lonely genius; he is too young, too broad-minded, too deep in martial arts, and too talented, so he cannot get along with ordinary people.The only ones in the martial arts world who can appreciate him are Master Qingzhao and Wu Sanshi; even Wu Sanshi only sees that Ling Haotian can entrust him with great responsibility, but his misunderstanding of Lai Gujiu makes Ling Haotian fall into unnecessary disputes and vicious fights.

Interesting to say, the original intention of this book was to write about Zheng Baoan.I originally wanted to write her as a naughty and cute girl, smart and quick-witted, not high in martial arts but always able to save the day.Later, starting from Zhao Guan's handwriting, the protagonists are naturally him and Xiao San'er.Although Baoan relegated to a supporting role, she is still considered the number one heroine.Personally, I prefer her the most. Although she is not the most beautiful, she has a gentle and considerate personality, and is understanding. Everyone who knows her does not like her.But she is not just a naive little girl, she is also a brave, witty, daring heroine.As the only disciple of Yanlong, a strange woman of a generation, although she does not have Yanlong's all-powerful momentum and great talent, she has Yanlong's unique insight into the world and the ability to deal with things.She was able to take over the Dragon Palace in a short period of time. Others thought that she was under the protection of Yanlong, but in fact, most of it was due to her own ability.She can make Ling Shuangfei go away automatically, make the leader of the Dragon Gang bow his head and obey orders, make Madam Yun not dare to act recklessly, and constantly tolerate and protect Yun Feifei because of sympathy and guilt, and then lead the Dragon Gang to help Qi Jiguang fight against Japanese pirates. It takes an extremely mature and cool head to do it.

In addition, Bao'an's true love for Xiao San'er is the most moving.She really loves Xiaosan, and always understands him, trusts him, admires him, and helps him. Xiaosan really cannot be without a caring and considerate partner like her.Just look at the harmonious relationship between her and Xiaosan, and the extraordinary tacit understanding between the two of them, you will know that they are really a match made in heaven.Compared to Wen Chuoyue's incompatibility with Xiaosan, Zheng Baoan really suits him much better. I had a lot of hesitation about how to write the ending; should Zheng Baoan come back, or should I leave a blank for readers to guess and look forward to?The current ending is to let her return after leaving for a long time, lest Xiao San's fate is too miserable.As for how long Xiaosan had been waiting, why it took so long for Zheng Baoan to come back, and how Zhao Guan got her back, I don't have a definite answer.I just hope that the waiting time for Xiaosan is as short as possible, because I really hope that the two of them can reunite happily and stay together forever.Maybe ten years?

Ten years later, when Bao'an came back, he was only in his thirties, and he could have a little San'er or little Bao'an with Xiao San'er, so that Ling Xiao and his wife could hold a grandson, which is also a good thing.The Ling family should not be left behind; Ling Xiao lived a life of hardships, fought against the Fire Sect, retired to the mountains after success, and devoted himself to practicing medicine to help the world. He is an amazing person.He has only one child, Ling Haotian.And Ling Haotian is a hero with great vigor. I wrote the scene where he straddled a white horse on the desert, carried a falcon, and stared at me sideways. He was so heroic that I couldn't help but fall in love with him.Ling Haotian deserved the word hero.

Zhao Guan's Three Fathers Most people have only one father, but Zhao Guan has three; most people have only one wife, but Zhao Guan has six.These complex characters have created Zhao Guan's more complicated growth experience and interpersonal relationship than others. The idea of ​​the three fathers came from a character I once wanted to write about, the fairy girl with five braids; this character disappeared later, but the idea of ​​her caused Zhao Guan's strange fate.Fairy Five Braids is a beautiful woman who is lustful by nature. She knows that she is about to grow old, so she deliberately befriends many martial arts figures in a short period of time. She gave birth to a child after ten months of pregnancy, making everyone think that the child is their own flesh and blood. , scrambling to protect, this child can do whatever he wants, play wild, and become a scourge that everyone in the world frowns on.Of course, Zhao Guan did not become that kind of person, but his origin is indeed full of legends. Let’s talk about Zhao Guan’s mother first.Ji Huohe only briefly appeared in the previous book "Spirit Sword" (this book is currently only a draft and has not yet been written), and it was not until "The Amorous Prodigal Son and the Infatuated Man" that he really developed into a complete character.She has an upright and fierce personality, without the insidious and cunning of Bai Naixian, nor the cruelty and violence of Xiao Baihe, she only acts resolutely and bravely in doing chivalrous deeds.Her method of educating her son was ruthless and loving, and she was exposed to poison and killing at a young age to exercise his reaction and willpower.Zhao Guan's personality is as complicated as his mother's. He is usually gentle and friendly, and he is nice and polite to everyone. , thoughtful side.Zhao Guan has always been proud of having such an outstanding mother. As for who Zhao Guan's father is, I didn't intend to write a real answer, maybe even Ji Huohe himself didn't know.Judging from the date of Zhao Guan's birth, it seems that all three may be his father.There was no DNA test back then, so even if Ji Huohe really wanted to know, there was no way to know for sure. The one closest to Zhao Guan is the prodigal son Cheng Da, and Zhao Guan probably regards Cheng Da as his real father in his heart.He knew that he was able to sit on the position of leader of the Green Gang, a large part of which was due to Cheng Da's relationship.His alcoholism and lust are also quite similar to the prodigal son Chengda. Later, Ling Haotian even called him the prodigal son Zhao Guan, and Cheng Da also joked that his romantic deeds are better than blue. Yun Longying has been in charge of the Dragon Gang for many years, and has a great reputation and status.Zhao Guan respected him quite a lot, if Mrs. Yun and Yun Feifan were not so unbearable, the relationship between Zhao Guan and him should be closer.In this book, Yun Longying doesn't make many appearances, and seems to be always busy helping with affairs, and doesn't pay much attention to Zhao Guan, so it can't be said that there is any father-son relationship.It was only after his death that Zhao Guan began to miss this elder whom he had never had the chance to get close to. Qing Zhao is an eminent Shaolin monk with high martial arts skills and high morals. Zhao Guan respects and looks up to him more than he is close to him, and the relationship between the two is shallow.Qing Zhao is also a person who is addicted to alcohol, he is decent, and has no flirtatious side.Qing Zhao and Xiao San'er seem to hit it off, and Zhao Guan is like a stranger. Zhao Guan's wives Zhao Guan's six wives have different backgrounds; one maid, one princess, one prostitute, one chivalrous woman, one killer, and one eldest lady.These six wives actually represent different aspects of Zhao Guan: Lilac represents the Baihuamen who is good at using poison, Zhou Han'er represents him who was born in the city fireworks, Li Huamei represents the gang members, Sikong Hanxing represents his vicious and calm killer personality, and Chen Ruzhen represents him On the heroic side, the princess represents his wisdom and leadership. Ding Xiang is loyal to Zhao Guan. He was Zhao Guan's partner when he was young.Zhao Guan's refusal to give up on her shows that he never forgets his roots. Zhou Han'er once met Zhao Guan when he was a child. Although Zhao Guan hadn't entered Baihuamen at that time, he was already a very special boy.He was only eight or nine years old, but he had a strong chivalrous heart. He rescued Zhou Han'er who was innocent and fell into the dust. The foreshadowing of becoming the leader of the Green Gang in the future.In the end, Zhou Han'er fell into prostitution and suffered bitterness, but she had a deep affection for Zhao Guan, and she was willing to take great risks for him, helping him to avenge him successfully, and finally got married and became the wife of the leader of the Green Gang. The best home to seek. Joseon princess Ri Tong-hee is a complex figure.She has deep scheming and superb means, Zhao Guan is not only overwhelmed by her beauty and grace, but also quite impressed by her talent.After he found out that he was deceived and used by her, he was a little annoyed, but he didn't regret it; he only felt a pity that such a smart and beautiful girl would gradually lose her loveliness and respectability in the midst of political strife.Later, in order to prove her personality, the princess resolutely put down her power and came all the way to find him alone, which really made Zhao Guan feel very happy and proud.Later, when it was critical to compete for the position of leader of the Green Gang, it was Li Tongxi who came forward to help Zhao Guan analyze the situation and provide guidelines to help him successfully sit on the position of leader.In the future, she will continue to play the role of a military adviser behind the scenes, helping Zhao Guan to make plans at critical moments, and becoming Zhao Guan's extremely reliable partner. Li Huamei played the role of a hero with discerning eyes.When Zhao Guan was still lurking as the young master of Hangzhou, spending his days drinking and drinking in brothels, she saw that this man was extraordinary, she tried her best to lure him to join the green gang, and even called him a dragon and phoenix among men.If it weren't for her guidance, Zhao Guan would not have joined the Green Gang, and made many contributions to the Green Gang, laying the foundation for him to become the leader of the Green Gang in the future.Although Zhao Guan was attracted by her looks, after all, he was a flirtatious woman and never took her seriously; her love for Zhao Guan was never reciprocated, which made her extremely annoyed.Li Huamei is not a simple person either, she went to Zhao Guan many times to force her to marry her. The first time she went to Tianjin to live in Nian's family, just to wait for Zhao Guan, forcing him to agree to propose marriage; This forced Zhao Guan to a showdown.Zhao Guan himself knew very well that if he wanted to stay in the Green Gang, he would have to marry Li Huamei as his wife.In the end, in order to show respect for Li Sibiao and thank him for his promotion and support, Zhao Guan agreed to marry Li Huamei, but he must have some reluctance in his heart.Li Huamei was probably Zhao Guan's most reluctant wife besides Sikong Hanxing. Chen Ruzhen is an innocent and lovely little girl, the youngest, and the least scheming, only infatuated with Zhao Guan.Zhao Guan took pity on her and gave up his life to protect her, but he never really owed her anything.He respected Chen Jinyun and his wife, he didn't dare to be too frivolous to her, and he never expressed his love to her; even when he was still walking with her, he tried his best to please Wen Chuoyue, who looked like a fairy.Zhao Guan finally married Chen Ruzhen, just because he knew that Chen Ruzhen was in love with him and didn't want to make her sad.But Chen Ruzhen is gentle and beautiful, and she will be a peaceful and lovely wife. Sikong Hanxing was the last girl Zhao Guan met.Her life experience is extremely pitiful. Her father is a cold-blooded and cruel god of death who abused her in every possible way since she was a child, forcing her to kill people, even treating her as a slave, invading and ravaging her, leaving her with no self-respect and autonomy.Her mother is Qingzhu; Qingzhu betrayed Baihuamen, causing Zhao Guan's family to be ruined, and was finally caught by Zhao Guan and had to commit suicide in front of him.Zhao Guan decided to marry Sikong Hanxing, partly because he always had a sense of affection and gratitude to Qingzhu, and couldn't bear to see her die in disappointment, so he agreed to take care of her daughter under her pleading before she died.Sikong Hanxing was the only woman who had severely abused and tortured Zhao Guan. It was impossible for Zhao Guan not to hate her.Zhao Guan accepted her throwing himself into his arms and felt sorry for her life experience, so he promised to take care of her for the rest of his life.But besides being beautiful, Sikong Hanxing was deeply traumatized since he was a child, and his personality was extreme and cold. He was not a lovely woman, and was even quite scary.When Zhao Guan said that he wanted to marry this cold-eyed evil star, one can imagine the astonishment of the elders of the Green Gang.After Zhao Guan gets married, it will take a lot of effort to tame her, let her live in harmony with other wives, and keep her from causing too much trouble to himself. Among these six girls, which one do I like the most?Actually my favorite is Li Tongxi.Although she does not know martial arts, she is an extremely strong and brave woman.She knew Zhao Guan very well, although she was angry with Zhao Guan, she was able to tolerate it, and knew clearly that this was her own choice, and she could only accept and face it.She is also the only woman who has ever been with Ling Haotian.Ling Haotian obviously respects and appreciates her very much, and is even willing to chase her back on Zhao Guan's behalf when she is angry.Zhao Guan couldn't treat her wholeheartedly, he really let her down too much.Among the six wives, Li Tongxi should be the most important one in Zhao Guan's heart. The older he gets, the more he will respect and cherish her, because Li Tongxi is a smart woman. Finally, let me talk about Zhao Guan's lust.Although he likes to be promiscuous and fall in love with each other, he is not an unrestrained pervert.In order to avoid embarrassment in the future, he actually restrained himself from having sex with Wen Chuoyue when she was drunk, which is quite remarkable.If he had made Wen Chuoyue fulfill her promise because of lust, he would have no face to Xiao San'er and Dort in the future.Among his several wives, Li Huamei and Chen Ruzhen had never had any relationship with him before marriage. This was because he respected the fathers of the two girls and knew that if he treated them lightly, he would not look good in their father's eyes.The rest of Lilac was his maidservant, Zhou Han'er was originally a singing girl, Sikong Hanxing threw herself into his arms, and the princess gave up her high position to come to accompany her, so he accepted them all without any scruples.In the book, he married all the women he had love affairs with and returned home, and he didn't really betray anyone. In fact, he must have far more romantic partners than these six girls, I just didn't write it out. Three beauties of martial arts Xiao Yunwen, three beauties: Although Wen Chuoyue is as beautiful as a fairy, her personality lacks gentleness and is too bold and rough, which makes her a bit inferior.When Zhao Guanchu saw her, he was disappointed to hear that she spoke too fast.Wen Chuoyue is in love with Ling Haotian bitterly. He is affectionate, but he is not procrastinating, and he is not deliberately entangled. He is also a very cute character.In the end, she married a Mongolian prince and went to the desert. She must still miss Xiao San'er in her heart, and she still taught Xiao San'er the Fifteen Swords under the Moon that she created in the firewood house in the middle of the night, so as to miss him.In fact, there was indeed a strange Mongolian woman named San Niangzi in history, who once ruled the Mongolian tribes outside the Great Wall for decades and had a good relationship with Ming Dynasty.I think Wen Chuoyue is probably the third lady!As for why she called herself the third lady, I couldn't understand it better. Another thing to mention: At that time, Ling Haotian suffered internal injuries when he was overjoyed by the enemy at the top of Songshan Mountain, and his concentration was greatly reduced. It was only because Wen Qiaoyue called Xiao San'er very much like Bao'an, and he couldn't help hugging and kissing her.I thought about letting him accidentally have a relationship with her under such circumstances, and it was more difficult to refuse her confession after that, and it was really a debt that had to be repaid.Otherwise, Ling Haotian didn't owe her anything, because he clearly rejected her confession from the beginning to the end.But I didn't want Xiao San'er to become a person with a bad heart, so he suddenly woke up, restrained himself in time, and didn't make any mistakes.In this book, it should be Zhao Guan's patent to be unkind and unlucky. Although Yun Feifei is beautiful in appearance, good in family background and high in martial arts, he is not cute at all.She was very fierce to Zhao Guan, when Zhao Guan just went up the mountain, she helped her mother to bully Zhao Guan, she was not a kind and honest girl.Afterwards, she was also extremely indifferent to Zhao Guan, and had no sibling affection.Ling Biyi must have seen the flaws in her personality early on. Compared with Baoan's gentleness and affection, there is a world of difference, and she is proud to do everything possible to withdraw the engagement.Ling Shuangfei fell in love with her partly because of his long-term love, and partly because of her family background, hoping to marry her to strengthen his position in the Dragon Gang.Ling Biyi likes Bao An, who is relatively ordinary-looking, has no family background, and has no martial arts.In the end, Ling Shuangfei was lured by Yuxiu, and abandoned Yun Feifan in the cold, which changed her temperament drastically, becoming a vicious shrew, and even tended to go crazy, with a very tragic end. Xiao Rou is indeed the most beautiful of the three, even Ling Haotian was stunned when he saw her for the first time, and couldn't believe that there could be such a beautiful woman in the world.However, she suffered from illness and died at a young age.The relationship between her and Ling Haotian using the piano to express love is very delicate and subtle. It is not that Ling Haotian has never been tempted by her, which is shown in the fact that he gave the jade mouse as a gift and made a promise to accompany him when he was dying.When he was in the desert, he also cared about her illness, and took the initiative to go back to Yinping Villa to visit and play the piano with her to relieve boredom.He told Bao An that he owed Xiao Rou love, which was right, because he really cherished Xiao Rou very much in his heart, and felt guilty for not being able to repay her affection several times. The fate of these three beauties is not very good.Maybe it's in response to the saying that the beauty is poor. Finally, I would like to say: Zhao Guan and Ling Haotian have very different attitudes towards feelings. This is a question I want to discuss: Can a person only love one person in a lifetime?Or can you have many lovers, many love affairs?Both Ling and Zhao couldn't come to a conclusion on this question, and they only hoped that both of them would get a happy result. epilogue I felt very happy when I wrote this novel. The protagonists in the book are all the types I admire and like. Writing them is to write all the typical personality and value orientation I yearn for, such as chivalry, loyalty, friendship, infatuation, etc. wait.This book can be said to be the crystallization of my martial arts dream in my youth.The stages of life are constantly changing. On the road to maturity, dreamy girls have to gather their energy and conscientiously play the role of wife and mother.Maybe teenage dreams are naive and superficial, but maturity and sophistication may not be able to make up for the obsession and enthusiasm of youth.I don't know if I will write better martial arts novels in the future, I just know that I love to write martial arts, and writing martial arts is a happy and interesting thing.I sincerely hope that I will have enough time and energy to continue creating in the future, so that I and my readers can enjoy the fun of wandering in the world of martial arts. Zheng Feng Published in Hong Kong in June 2007