Literally this title means 'Tenderness and the Sword.' This
story starts with a power contest between two well-organized associations: one is an
outlaw gang called Liufenbantang, which has a history of 26 years; the other is called
Jinfong Siyulou, which has a close relationship with the government. They both sent spies
to the opponent's side, and there was no reconciliation between them; they both wanted to
get rid of the other once and for all. This book is the first
issue of the author's serial work, Shuo Yingsyong SheiShih Yingsyong. So the main
characters Su Mengjhen, the head of Jinfong Siyulou, and his good friends, Wang Siaoshih,
Bai Choufei, plus two female martial arts mistresses, Lai Chun and Wun Rou, appear in the
following episodes.
Wang Siaoshih has a warm heart. He found out that
Liufenbantang permanently injured those who left it to join
Jinfong Siyulou. During the process, which led him to find out these tragedies, he made
friends with Bai Choufei and Wun Rou. Later on Lei Chun joined them. Lei Chun is the
daughter of the head of the Liufenbantang, Lei Sun. Sun used his daughter to try to seduce
the head of the Jinfong Siyulou, Su Mengjhen, but he did not succeed although Su really
liked the girl.
Su was a young man, and he also became friends with the
young masters after they coincidentally rescued him. Then their mission was to defeat the
devious Liufenbantang. They with other martial arts masters raided the headquarters of
Liufenbantang. Lei Sun exploded bombs pretending to commit suicide, and Di Feiying, an
important member of Liufenbantang, surrendered. When they celebrated the victory, Lei Sun
came on the scene having only pretended to die, and Di Feiying in fact had only given up
as ruse; in addition to that there were many spies, thus Jinfong Siyulou and Su Mengjhen
were once again in danger.
Unexpectedly Lei Sun was stabbed to death by his
subordinate Lei Mei. She was a spy on the Jinfong Siyulou side. Before Lei Sun died, he
secretly told his daughter how to avenge him. The final episode of this book starts with
Di Feiying surviving an ambush by his former comrade, who was on the Jinfong Siyulo side
then. Di Feiying then killed this man and left to seek two great martial arts masters for
help. A predictable revenge will start as the story ends. The story will continue in the
author's next book. |