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Hua Hua You Long
Hua Hua You Long is an erotic novel written by Xing Bao Er. It is a two-volume completed series, with an accompanying manhua that is currently at six volumes and is still ongoing.

Summary
The novel takes place during the Datong Dynasty, a fictional era created by the author, beneath the rule of Jing Zong, known as Xuan Yuan Jing. The story begins with Jing sneaking out of his chambers going on a quest for "heroic deeds". Accompanied by his guard Mu Yue, they set off on a task to encounter an infamous bandit king, who has kidnapped maidens on Mount Lu Cang. Both dressed as woman-- Jing a fair upper class maiden, face veiled, and Mu Yue, her maidservant-- they successfully enounter two bandits. As planned, they take the pair to their leader, known as the "Eagle" Lu Cang in order to see if either will be favored. Upon learning the fate of the women the bandit king did not favor-- they were not set free, but instead, "enjoyed" by the rest of the brothers-- Jing decides to set in mind a special punishment for this "Eagle" Lu Cang. After arriving to the stronghold, the bandits present Jing and Mu Yue to Lu Cang, who has initial disinterest in the pair. He lifts the veil that Jing wears, unleashing the Emperor's unparalleled beauty, he quickly bestows on his brothers a reward, and takes Jing to become his wife.

A ceremony is set up and takes place. During the ceremony, Lu Cang removes himself to the chambers where his "wife" Jing waits. Lu Cang enters, and shyly but gently asks his newlywed wife to accompany him in bed. Suddenly, Lu Cang's extended hand is grabbed, and he is pushed down and subdued by Jing, who ends up revealing himself as a man, throws Lu Cang onto the bed and rips apart his robes. In the midst of the simple act of scaring the young bandit king, Jing gets a sudden urge to go through with what was intended as a "prank", and brutally rapes Lu Cang. After the deed, and the rebel leader is reduced to a wretched state, Jing brands Lu Cang with his personal stamp, which was heated with a nearby candle. He also applies a drug, which Jing stuffs inside the unfortunate youth's rectum, and proposes that if he did not want to "become a knave who needs more than ten men to bang him everyday" to meet him the next month on the fifteenth at the Yue Long bridge in the capital city. After the command, he leaves the young man in the newlywed chamber. The simple proposal then begins a long odyssey of eroticism and suffering as Lu Cang struggles to get out of the clutches of Jing, who soon grows fond of the youth.

Later on, Lu Cang makes a bet with Jing for his freedom and the antidote by getting to the top one hundred in the "Assembly of Heroes". While there, he meets another bright youth, Xizhen, while at a tea house. Xizhen gets into a fight with the sect of the opponent that he had beaten prior. Lu Cang is disinterested until one of the swordsmen incidentally cuts open his outer robe, revealing the lascivious marks that his not-so-lover Jing had given to him. Outraged and embarrassed, Lu Cang jumps in to help Xizhen with his fight-- after Xizhen gives Lu Cang his outer robe to wear. He soon befriends the strong yet somewhat feminine Xizhen, while still focusing on the assembly in order to be free of Jing. During the last day, Lu Cang is faced with an opponent whose skill is somewhat higher than his, which poses a threat to his freedom, not knowing it had been rigged in order for him to lose. However, out of nowhere, Lu Cang unleashes an advanced sword move, one that Jing had taught him prior to the bet being made, and wins, much to the Emperor's shock and surprise. During the award ceremony, which Lu Cang places 97th, he is given the reward of becoming a Royal guard, much to his displeasure. Jing then reveals himself as the emperor, a milestone and heady blow for Lu Cang.

Lu Cang also learns of the identity of Xizhen, who is not only a woman, but the empress to the Datong empire, as well as Jing's paternal cousin. Jing offers Lu Cang to Xizhen in order to have her teach the bandit court etiquette while Jing sets out on an expedition to conquer another country. Weeks pass, with Xizhen becoming noticeably quieter and Lu Cang more apprehensive of Jing's return. When the Emperor does return, he brings someone else with him as a captive: Prince Yongyi, Xizhen's father and Jing's uncle. Upon returning, he spares no glance at Lu Cang. Not too soon after, Lu Cang learns of Jing's exploitation of Yongyi, and is brutalized in front of the man. After the horrifying incident, Lu Cang is called by Yongyi, who requests that Lu Cang help him kill himself by given him a poison pill and receive the antidote to the bixiao in return. Lu Cang, not believing in helping to kill an innocent man, gives Yongyi a tonic pill instead, takes the antidote and tries to flee the Capitol city. He is intercepted by royal guards at the Tong'an gate, where Jing meets him and begins to beat Lu Cang, accusing him of Yongyi's death. He is sent to Dali Si prison, and awaits a death sentence.

As Lu Cang lays broken and bleeding in his cell, Jing meets with him, in order to describe the nature of his pending death. Realizing Lu Cang is not afraid, Jing decides to enact his own torture by yet again raping him, all the while degrading the poor youth. Jing treats Lu Cang's wounds so that he would die too soon before his sentence is carried out, and exits, leaving Lu Cang in despair. As he lay there, Lu Cang begins to puncture deep wounds in his chest to commit suicide, until Xizhen unexpectedly comes in to save him. She removes him from the cell and takes him on a carriage out of the Capitol city, telling Lu Cang the true details behind Yongyi's death. Time passes, and Lu Cang is on a new mountain with his brothers in order to hide away from the fearful Emperor. However, Jing finds his new stronghold, and after a struggle and a violent confession of Jing's feelings for Lu Cang, is forced back to the Capitol... The second volume is a complete turnaround from the first. Ater six months in the palace, Lu Cang is appointed Marquis, though it is an empty title; his only real "duties" are to accompany the Emperor and lover, Jing. Six months had passed from the time within the last volume, and Jing has become noticeably more gentler towards the ex-bandit. Because of the Emperor's favoritism towards Lu Cang, he is scorned by many subjects of the palace, though not many openly, for fear of punishment from the ruler. One of Marquis Lu Cang's biggest adversaries is Zhang Zi Dong, who openly mocks Lu Cang during an event, much to his embarrassment, though his spirits are lifted when he befriends Sir Liu, a person indifferent to Lu Cang's status.

Lu Cang, later goes to meet his brothers, who came along with him to Tong'an and were appointed on garrison duty, and who he also had not seen in a very long time. From his meeting, he learns that the Capitol Governor in charge of his brothers had blatantly abused them, and he also learns that it is none other than Zhang, Lu Cang becomes angry and enacts revenge. Along with his brothers, he storms the house of Zhang, assaulting the Governor as well as the many male family members who try to intervene, thus forcing the imperial guards as well as the Emperor to be called. Upon the Jing's arrival, the imperial guards seize Lu Cang and his brothers (though Lu Cang is not tightly bound, in fear of hurting the Emperor's beloved). Lu Cang breaks free and unleashes a torrent of anger and disrespect against Jing, much to the astonishment of onlookers. Embarrassed and outraged by Lu Cang's display of disrespect (which he wouldn't have minded if it was private), Jing removes Lu Cang in order to punish him separately from his brothers through the old habit of rough intercourse. During this event, Lu Cang declares he would never forgive him before falling into unconsciousness.

Several hours pass, and Lu Cang is relucant to awaken, much to Jing's worry. When he does regain consciousness, his demeander towards Jing is cold and impersonal; he only asks for the location of his brothers, which Jing replies that he has sent them all back to Lu Cang's hometown. Upon hearing that, Lu Cang tries to leave, but Jing keeps him from doing so, commanding him to obediently stay. Lu Cang lashes out yet again in anger, declaring that he didn't mind what happened to him, but the way he treated his brothers changed the situation. He then begins to use accusing and hurtful words against Jing about Governor Zhang, who he accuses Jing of sleeping with, this making the Governor jealous of Lu Cang. In fury, Jing smacks Lu Cang across the face, angered that he insulted his love for the bandit; that, however, isn't translated to Lu Cang, who throws a wash bin at Jing's head, one that Jing did not dodge.

Because of the incident, Lu Cang is sent to Dali Si prison for "attempted regicide", but later released and sent back to Hangzhou with his brothers, much to his happiness. Things in the palace, however, were not as happy. Because of Jing's temperament and depression due to the absence of his lover, his advisor and commander of the Imperial Guard Ding Peng beseeches Jing to go for an "inspection" of the Jiangnan area. Using his power as Emperor, Jing has Lu Cang as his brothers invited to Gao Zhuang Zhu's Wulin feast, and comes to Lu Cang's hometown in an elaborate attempt to get him to come back to the palace. Lu Cang at first refuses by cutting off his hair in an attempt to vow to never return to Tong'an, but to never marry for all his life, and requested to be free of Jing in return. Jing, feeling the weight of Lu Cang's rejection, begins to break down and plead for his lover's return, a gesture that shocks both Lu Cang and many of the subjects. Lu Cang, shocked by Jing's absence of noble dignity and his prostration, faints. When he awakens, Jing has taken him to his carriage set towards Tong'an, and realizes that Jing seemed much more different from before. From then on, they truly become lovers.

Xuan Yuan Jing
Ruling emperor of the Datong Dynasty for five years during the first book, Jing is known as the most beautiful and powerful figures in all of the kingdom. He encounters the bandit Lu Cang during a "heroic deeds" quests, and quickly advances on the youth. After the event, he administers a drug known as "bixiao" (Azure Night) in order to lure Lu Cang to the capitol city, and further ensnares him beneath the facade of giving the bandit an "antidote" to put off the symptoms of the lethal drug. Though he becomes more fond of Lu Cang, he portrays only violence and coercion towards the unfortunate youth. Although beautiful, he can become violent and forceful, and combined with his masterful Martial Arts, he's practically unstoppable. He can also has a very fickle-heart, and becomes more portrayed as a brutal villain during the latter chapters of the first volume. His age during the first book is 25.

Lu Cang (路苍)
Known in his native town of Hangzhou as the "Eagle" Lu Cang, he is the Bandit King of a stronghold on Lu Cang Mountain (露苍山) and is somewhat excelled in kung-fu. From details, he is a respected figure in his hometown. He's especially looked up to by his comrades who call him Big Brother (大哥). He becomes pulled in by what he considers the "mutant" Jing, a beautiful man who he mistook for a woman and who forces himself upon the youth, and a man who Lu Cang has yet to learn in the earlier chapters is the emperor. Though suffering through brutality at the hands of the emperor, circumstances lead him to realize his love for Jing. He is stubborn, prideful, and (unsurprisingly) arrogant, though completely inexperienced in intimacy due to his lack of interest in women. During acts of intimacy with Jing, he is physically passive and sometimes bashful. His estimate age is between 20 and 22; it is not very much specified in the novel.

Mu Yue
Jing Zong's bodyguard, as well as companion who was an apprentice beneath the same Martial Arts master as Jing. He plays a role in accompanying the Emporor during the fateful meeting with Lu Cang, as well as rigging the Assembly of Heroes tournament in hopes of Lu Cang losing (a failed maneuver).

Cao Xin
The third brother in the Lu Cang Mountain stronghold, and Lu Cang's right-hand man and best friend. He is described as being several years Lu Cang's senior, as well as air-headed and unobservant. He makes a prominent appearance during the fourth chapter of the first volume as well as the latter chapters of the second volume.

Xizhen
Empress to the Datong Empire, Xizhen befriends Lu Cang during the Assembly of Heroes, beneath the disguise as a young man. Portrayed as bright, intellegent, and energetic, she is also masterful in Martial Atts, and gains the friendship and trust of Lu Cang-- especially after Jing entrusts her with the task of helping him make Lu Cang a part of his harem as he goes away on his expidition, one that Xizhen mysteriously fears. During the latter chapters, she commits an unforgivable betrayal, and is punished by being sent away to a remote temple to become a nun.

Yongyi
The prince of Datong, Xizhen's father, and Jing's uncle as well as lover, he escapes the empire and created the kingdom of Luo to oppose Jing. Upon being brought back forcefully to the Capitol, Jing begins to make him his personal prisoner, plundering the man, all the while defiling and then removing the existence of Lu Cang. After several days within the palace walls, Yongyi calls to Lu Cang to aid him in helping him commit suicide, offering the antidote to the bixiao in return. Though knowing the youth won't follow through with the request, he bestows upon Lu Cang freedom, but then dies mysteriously afterwards... he is described as a composed, gentle and dignified older man.

Ding Peng
Jing's most trusted advisor and the Commander of the Imperial Guard. He makes a small appearance in the first volume during the incident at the Tong'an gate after Yongyi's death, then afterwards in the second volume.

Zhang Zi Dong
Second volume. The Capitol Governer, and the man that Jing has put in charge of Lu Cang's brothers. He holds a personal dislike towards Lu Cang. Not too soon after, it is learned that Zhang abuses his power and exploits his brothers, causing the main conflict in the second volume.

Liu Zhong Tang
Second Volume. The Dali Si (prison) Official Officer, he has become one of Lu Cang's only friends in the court. He shows indifference towards Lu Cang's status. .