The following is the outline of the novel "Red Rabbit Walking on the Moon: Guan Yu and Diao Chan's Love in Troubled Times", which uses history as the bone and emotion as the soul to show the conflict between the forbidden love of heroes and beauties and the righteousness of family and country in troubled times:
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### **Core Theme**
**"It is difficult to have both loyalty and justice, and deep love will lead to death"**
Through the encounter, acquaintance and love between Guan Yu and Diao Chan in the troubled times of the Three Kingdoms, the ultimate contradiction between personal emotions and loyalty and belief is explored. Their love is like the burning red rabbit and horse hoof flames, hot but destined to be crushed by the cavalry of the times.
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### **Main line**
**Dual-line intertwined narrative**:
- **Bright Line**: Guan Yu rescues Diao Chan from the execution ground → Escorts to Jingzhou → Emotions sprout → Cao Cao/Lü Bu's old troops chase and kill → Maicheng's desperate situation
- **Dark Line**: Diao Chan is responsible for the memory fragments of the plot to alienate Dong Lu → Discover the oath of loyalty between Guan Yu and Liu Bei → Choose between love and life
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### **Chapter Outline**
#### **Volume 1: Bloody First Encounter (Xu Du Chapter)**
1. **The sword shines brightly**
- Diao Chan faked her death and escaped from the execution ground. Guan Yu disobeyed military orders and rescued her, but found that chronic poison remained in her body.
- Guan Yu stayed with Diao Chan for three days and nights, and the two had their first conversation (Diao Chan played the broken Jiaowei Qin, and Guan Yu danced with his sword to dispel evil spirits)
2. **The green light illuminates the solitary shadow**
- After Diao Chan recovered from her injury, she refused to return to Luoyang and voluntarily followed Guan Yu
- Guan Yuye
