Strong Liquor Cleans the Blade

Six years ago, the states of Zhao and Chen went to war. Chen's army suffered a crushing defeat, and Zhao's army slaughtered the city's inhabitants for three days.

The young marshal of Zhao, Yuan Cheng, tried and failed to stop the massacre. Half a year later, his route was ambushed, and he disappeared without a trace.

That same year, a young wandering swordsman appeared in Jiangnan, a military saber at his waist and a spear on his back.

"You mean the Marquis of Dingyuan, Yuan Cheng? The one who drove back the Yan army at sixteen, captured the khan at eighteen, and became a general at twenty, a man of such heroic bearing? Take a look at me. My martial arts are mediocre, and I'm half blind. Apart from being equally handsome, how do I resemble him?"

"You've got the wrong person. I'm not Yuan Cheng."

Shi Lin: Yuan Cheng is my beloved.

Liu Shouwei (with a rose between his teeth): That's right. I'm Yuan Cheng.

#No wonder he looks like an old acquaintance. Turns out the old acquaintance never died#

#A beloved is more beloved when dead. Otherwise, he turns into an annoying puppy#

Shi Lin VS Liu Shouwei (Yuan Cheng)

Cool, beautiful gong VS sunny, cheerful, handsome big-doggy shou

The story of a silly dog determined to escape his cage and roam the martial world as he pleases.

- Their feelings are mutual. Not recommended for readers who are possessive about one partner.

- The gong is a graceful, beautiful man, while the shou is a tall, wild, honey-skinned hunk. The shou will often be treated like a dog. Please vote for our cat 1, dog 0 pairing!

Tune: River Town, Song of the Wandering Swordsman

A seven-foot blade sweeps like a shooting star; I drink like a whale and sing as I roam. I once trampled beneath cloud banners, a lone horse breaking through a thousand camps. Even if my soul is destroyed and my spirit scattered, bury me where you will, my sword will still ring.

Dare this lowly body stand against the heavens' collapse. Pride is my motto, righteousness my tombstone. I ask this world: can the petty villains be subdued? After traversing the martial world until my guts are torn apart, the hero's bones endure, and life and death are lightly held.

This story takes place against the background of the official-history timeline in The Emperor Cannot Be a Cannon-Fodder Gong. You can read it without having read that story. It is complete. Feel free to visit the author's page for a sweet romance between a gentle, beautiful general gong and an overbearing, cool emperor shou.

Blurb for The Emperor Cannot Be a Cannon-Fodder Gong:

Yuan Xi personally conquered half the realm and established the Wei Dynasty. He was one step away from unifying the land and ending the chaos, but died young before he could do so.

When he opened his eyes, he had become the emperor of Great Wei once more. The only difference was that this emperor was now in a later-generation fantasy fanfiction, where he was a tyrannical scum gong who abused the shou for momentary pleasure.

Readers: After you conquer Yan, you take Gao Heng, the protagonist shou, into your harem and subject him to all kinds of forced love and physical and emotional abuse. You cannon-fodder gong, you rapist!

Yuan Xi: ?

Readers: At least Gao Heng turns dark and spends years biding his time and plotting to restore his kingdom. You have to chase your wife through the crematorium!

Yuan Xi: ?

Readers: In the end, you die suddenly when your old illness flares up because your love goes unrequited, and Gao Heng cruelly abandons you. Serves you right!

Yuan Xi: ? I barely know him. Don't drag me into this.

The person he liked was clearly his cousin, Prince Qinghe, Gao Huaiyu. Gao Huaiyu had nearly died unjustly because his achievements overshadowed the emperor, and Yuan Xi had rescued him on the run!

Readers: Prince Qinghe originally took revenge on Gao Heng out of hatred, but eventually fell in love with him.

Yuan Xi: ...Historian, write the words "The Emperor Loves Only Prince Qinghe" in bigger, bolder characters!

#The cannon-fodder gong in a shou-all story ends up with the third gong#

#I worked myself to the bone so future generations would ship the right couple#

Both characters transmigrated from the official-history timeline, but the gong has no memories of his past life at first. He will regain them later.

Theme: A true hero punishes injustice and cuts down the wicked!