The Candle Dragon's Ashes

This book was a long time in the making. It is written about a guard in Jinyi walking around in the night of Ming Dynasty. He saw many people - Hai Rui who carried a coffin and scolded the emperor, King Zhou who was burned to death on Lutai, and a Mongolian princess who was buried alive under the capital city and was still waiting for her father to pick her up after more than two hundred years of death. History books often only use a few lines to write about them. What I want to write about is the person behind those lines. A different history is not just a few characters in history books. They lived, suffered, endured, and finally died. After death, obsession remains in the world, like a lamp that no one blows out. Duan Shuo was the one who blew out the lamp for them. Thank you readers for your support! "Ember of the Candle Dragon" is not just about slaying demons, but more about burning faith. The fire of the Candle Dragon is not a weapon, but a lamp, illuminating a path for those who can't walk in the dark, saying a word for those who can't make a sound, and leaving more for those who have been swept away by history. Duan Shuo grew from a chess piece that was used as a container to a lamp bearer who held a lamp to illuminate the road. He saw his own softness for Hai Rui, saw his loneliness for King Zhou, and found his way back for Emperor Yuan Shun and his daughter. After reading his last words for the Donglin scholars, he waited for the refugees to get to the ship. Finally, he used his last spark to see himself, not the way, but also the answer. This road has no end. If he can't walk anymore, the fire will be passed to the next person. The Zhulong Pavilion will not be extinguished, not because the fire will not go out, but because everyone who takes over the fire is willing to continue to shoulder the responsibility for him and walk a certain distance.

The world view setting is relatively novel that I have seen. It takes the Ming Dynasty as the background, fictionalizes the Zhulong Pavilion, and tells the story of the protagonist's growth. The writing is very good, and the plot is also good. I like it.