Drunk Pillow Rivers and Mountains

Description

"Drunk Pillow Rivers and Mountains" is a historical legend online novel written by Yue Guan. This book represents a transition for Yue Guan within the historical fiction genre, abandoning time travel to write historical legends. The author considers this work somewhat unsuccessful, feeling it failed to treat the background purely as a backdrop; the writing ended up somewhat convoluted and not satisfyingly smooth. Reader opinions on this book are divided. At eight years old, A Chou witnessed the Tang army slaughter his entire village. He lost all his family and friends overnight and was left to wander the streets. While begging, a twist of fate led him to follow the grandson of the legendary hero Qiu Ranke to the South Seas. After several years of martial arts training, he returned to the Central Plains under the name "Yang Fan" to investigate the mystery behind his village's destruction. During a night reconnaissance mission, he unexpectedly encountered a female assassin attempting to assassinate Empress Wu Zetian. Unbeknownst to him, this enigmatic woman would gradually draw him onto the stage of Tang Dynasty history. On one hand, he becomes entangled with the powerful 'female forces' of the court, while on the other, he collaborates with 'male forces' like Di Renjie, Xue Huaiyi, and Gao Lishi, embarking on a most intricate and unpredictable legendary journey! The first part of "Drunk Pillow Rivers and Mountains" depicts how the ordinary character Yang Fan navigates among numerous talented women and princesses before Wu Zetian's ascension to the throne, all while maintaining his own mission and true feelings. However, as he relentlessly pursues the perpetrators, he steps closer and closer to the very center of power. It is then that he deeply understands how this first female emperor in Chinese history could be so mysterious, ordinary, and yet terrifying...