Ode to the Swallow

Name: Ode to the Swallow
Author: Grass in My Heart

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by Grass in My Heart (心有茅草)

Status: Ongoing
Length: 663k Words
Genre: Historical
Subgenre: Historical & Ancient
Updated: 1d ago
Source: Fanqie

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Synopsis

At fifteen, he was stabbed through the chest at his own investiture ceremony.

The first blade was part of a scheme he had laid himself. The second belonged to the one who truly meant to kill him.

His father favored his younger brother, his maternal relatives controlled the court, and the assassin had already entered the palace.

So Yan Xingyun, eldest son of the Prince of Yan, volunteered to take up a post in western Liaoning. A thousand miles away, in that bitterly cold land, he could hone his blade.

He abandoned a city as bait, marched north with a lone army, and traded tens of thousands of lives for a fief.

Allies could turn on him, patrons could change their tune, and both brothers and kings could become blades.

He said, “A ruler does not vie with his subject for credit,”

but the fief was never what he had his heart set on.

Mongol cavalry pressed against the Great Wall in the north, the Prince of Qin eyed the Central Plains in the west,

and two princes in the south watched to see who would prevail. The court was still waiting to use this blade up, then break it.

He had to survive this game of chess, and win.

[Alternate history · political intrigue and ensemble cast · late 13th century · realistic style]

(No transmigration, no System, no golden finger. A large cast and many tangled plotlines. The protagonist is no saint, and the antagonists are no fools. Slow burn, enter with caution.)

This is no hymn to a dynasty, but a blood-soaked portrait of carnage.

The victors become kings and the defeated outlaws. Every stroke of black ink in the history books is steeped in dried blood.

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194Chapters

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The early stage is still very good. As long as the plot does not collapse later, it will definitely be a magical book.
8 likes2y ago
It's so real that I thought I was reading a history book As long as the plot doesn't collapse in the later stage, you can definitely become a god in Tomato
7 likes2y ago
It's really good. At least I can see that the author has a historical background. Unlike other books, which are either cultivation, system, or a bunch of modern elements. The author should update more. Only a dozen chapters are too few.
6 likes2y ago
Pros: The text dialogue is quite to my liking, and the story is pretty good (it feels like the Ant Thief I've seen) and it's not too holy. It's okay to feel cool Disadvantages: The halo of the protagonist. I feel that the halo of the protagonist could be lower. I feel that the story is pushed too fast.
5 likes2y ago
The previous writing is very confusing, keep up the standard and don't let the eunuchs finish the book.
5 likes2y ago
I'm used to seeing ancient sayings that are ridiculous all the time, but "Song of Yan" is particularly poignant. Every step of the protagonist's rise comes at the cost of blood. People in the court are unpredictable, life and death on the battlefield are unpredictable, and there are no absolute good guys or bad guys. The double-edged sword of power is vividly depicted in the book, with a grand structure that will make you ponder it for a long time after reading it.
4 likes22d ago
Such a good novel, one of the few that is not about time travel and does not involve cheating, why is it not very popular? I hope the author won't give up. It's a very good subject matter and will become popular. Come on.
4 likes1y ago
The average person has a brain, a bit biased towards group portraits, the villain also has highlights, the story line of each character is very smooth, and the description of the character's personality is also good, just watch it
3 likes1y ago
I really like this type of historical novel. It's very comfortable to read. It's not like many novels that are a bit modern. The plot is okay, but it's not enough.
3 likes2y ago
A good book, with a certain level of knowledge, and the descriptions of the dialogues are also very good.
3 likes2y ago

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