Tales of the Canal and the Sea

Name: Tales of the Canal and the Sea
Author: Wu Xuanqing

漕海风云录

by Wu Xuanqing (吴玄卿)

Status: Completed
Length: 265k Words
Genre: Historical
Subgenre: Historical & Ancient
Updated: 1y ago
English: Request a translation

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Synopsis

The fires of the martial world light the land, while a common man’s hot blood stains the setting sun.

In the chaos of the late Qing, the waters of the Huangpu River churned with blood.

Foreign warships crushed the livelihoods of canal workers, while opium’s black tide soaked the land of China. The court grovelled, officials colluded with foreigners, and heroes of the martial world swore blood oaths, their blades and swords tearing through the long night.

Xiao Tianfeng, the Red-Browed Hero, raised his Heartbreak Sword to expose a shocking conspiracy.

He burned the foreign devils’ compound by night and cut down the governor’s seal with his sword. Yet among his dead sister’s belongings, he uncovered the truth behind his family’s destruction: the bloodshed on the Qinhuai River eighteen years ago was tied to the Yijing Prince’s manor and its secret dealings with Japanese pirates.

Chu Qingyun, the White-Robed Swordsman, threw the wolves’ chessboard into chaos with his twin hooks.

He raided a grain transport ship at dawn and smashed the Monument to Loyalty. But a faint rouge fingerprint on a defense map revealed the mystery behind the mechanisms of Leng Yueli, his confidante known as “Snow Treader, Leaving No Trace.”

The Iron-Faced Judge offered a blood sacrifice at the incense hall; the Jade-Faced Rakshasa met her end on the Shen River.

After seven years undercover in the Heaven and Earth Society, the judge’s brush beneath his twin-dragon tattoo was suddenly stained with a comrade’s blood. The Taiping army’s female general shattered her mandarin-duck swords, while a half-page fragment of “Fairy at the Magpie Bridge” was soaked in the tears of the bereaved.

The clash of cold steel and hot cannon fire, the intertwining of the martial way and the grief of a fallen nation.

Witness the Red-Browed Hero and the White-Robed Swordsman write the final, tragic ode to chivalry with their own flesh and blood, amid the flames of foreign concessions, the ruins of churches, and the corpse-strewn harbor at Gaoqiao.

The setting sun is red as blood, but loyal souls never die!

For a century, the Huangpu River’s tide has surged, and at last it will etch into the deepest scars of the nation’s backbone the names that history forgot to record.

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This book boasts a profound writing style and a captivating, suspenseful plot. Set in the late Qing Dynasty, the end of an era inevitably brings bloodshed, regional warlordism, and widespread conflict. Following the Taiping Rebellion's defeat, various secret societies rose to prominence, with groups like the Small Knife Society, the Gelaohui, and the Heaven and Earth Society carving out their own…
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This is a martial arts epic forged amidst the chaos and turmoil of the late Qing Dynasty. What flows from his pen is the blood-soaked waves along the Huangpu River, the lamentations of the inferno in the foreign concessions, and the resolute swordsmanship of the Red-Eyebrowed Swordsman (Xiao Tianfeng) and the unyielding eagle-claw hook of the White-Robed Swordsman (Chu Qingyun).
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This wuxia novel is brimming with the charm of classic martial arts! The plot is fast-paced, unfolding layer by layer, captivating the reader. The author's writing style is also quite stunning, demonstrating a solid literary foundation; although it's written in an ancient style, it doesn't hinder the reading experience at all!
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This is one of my favorite types of novels. It has historical elements, martial arts elements, and even more so, elements of the martial arts world. This type of novel is very enjoyable to read.
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