In my mind, Cologne is the best novel to read

Gulong novels, roughly divided, there are probably four routes.

The first is the traditional martial arts writing method, which tells the adventure of personal growth.

The second is a detective novel wrapped in the cloak of martial arts, investigating the case to find out.

The third is a spy novel wrapped in the cloak of martial arts, risking to go undercover.

The fourth is a personal spiritual exploration novel with no tricks and tricks.

The peak of the first faction, I think, is "Absolute Double Glory".

There are many glitches in "Absolute", including but not limited to many details written with forks (monkeys and Shen Qinghong have many things that are contradictory; Lu Zhongyuan's appearance and ending are quite sudden), and too many plot coincidences are too weird and bizarre.

At that time, it was very cool to watch, and when I look back, many things did not match.

But the big line of the story is interesting, and the setting is particularly exciting: Jiang Xiaoyu and Hua Wufeng are destined for a decisive battle; readers are aware of it one step earlier than most of the characters in the book, so watching them split up and slowly move towards the end will continue to be nervous.

At the same time, the evil people of the Valley of the Wicked, the Twelve Astrological Phases, the Invitation Moon Pity Star, and the Yannan Heaven were all successfully shaped. Su Ying appeared very late, but she and Jiang Xiaoyu, the pair of pretty enemies, were portrayed brilliantly. The ending is even happier, making people forget all kinds of small bugs.

If you only read it once or twice, "Absolute Double Glory" is the first in the genre of Gu Long novels.

The peak of the second faction, I think, is Lu Xiaofeng, to be precise, "Before and After the Decisive Battle."

The Chu Liuxiang series is also very good, but the penmanship is not as skilled as the Lu Xiaofeng series, and Chu Liuxiang is slightly more skilled than Lu Xiaofeng.

In the Lu Xiaofeng series, "Before and After the Decisive Battle" is the best: set in the classic battle of the forbidden peak, a martial arts novel, the story is compact, the characters are rich, and the honest monks, Ouyang Qing and Gongsun Daniang foreshadowing that have been laid out in the previous few films are also used.

The best thing is that most of The Ancient Dragon's detective novels are boring after the mystery is revealed; but after the mystery of "Before and After the Decisive Battle" is solved, there is also the classic ending of the decisive battle between Ximen and Ye Gucheng.

In this faction, you can also add the first article of the "Seven Weapons", "Immortal Sword". It's not long, but it's interesting to solve the puzzle layer by layer. In the end, although the reversal was a little hard, the open-ended ending was very good. Yuan Zixia is a very convincing bad girl.

And the first part of "Amorous Swordsman Ruthless Sword", that is, Li Xunhuan, Ah Fei and the Plum Blossom Theft Case: This story, the detective plot is not good, but the characters of Li Xunhuan, Ah Fei and Lin Xian'er are really standing well, so good that they directly affect the plot behind.

The peak of the third faction, I think, is Lu Xiaofeng's "Ghost Mountain Villa" and "White Jade Tiger".

"Ghost Mountain Villa" is one of the few villains in all of Gu Long's fighting wisdom novels to actually win the story. But the villain was finally killed, and it was so logical. He didn't lose to Lu Xiaofeng, but he lost Providence and human feelings, but it was so reasonable.

I personally think that this villain depiction is the second most difficult to defeat in Gu Long's novel.

And the most difficult to defeat is the villain in "White Jade Tiger": Tang Que, and even the entire Tang Gate.

Tang Que is one of the most classic villains in the history of martial arts novels. It seems to be thick, but it is actually very clever.

After appearing, everything he said was a trap, a chorus. Every sentence is a temptation, a pun, an antidote. After Zhao Wuji entered the Tang Family Fort, he constantly encountered dangerous situations. If it wasn't for Shangguan Blade secretly helping, Xiao Bao and Guo Que'er would have made up for the stage, and even sacrificed Xiao Bao, and they would have been doomed many times.

Tang Que prided himself on the largeness, tight organization, dark weapons and shrewd secrets of Tang Men, which was a feminine aesthetic. But in his bones, he actually envied Tang Ao, and he could challenge the heroes of the world with dignity.

The more envious he was, the more he had to defend himself, so Tang Que hid himself deeper. Some of his overly pompous fatness and conspiracy are actually a kind of self-preservation. He wanted to prove it to himself or others: he wanted to use his trembling wit to defeat all external factors and protect the Tang family.

Many people say that the ending of "White Jade Tiger" is too sudden, but I think that ending is perfect. Because Tang Que and Tang Men were too powerful, instead of forcing the plot to kill, it was better to only write that Zhao Wuji joined forces with Shangguan Blade, and then it was an open ending.

The novel "White Jade Carved Dragon" I directly treated as non-existent.

The peak of the fourth faction is the second half of "Peacock Plume", "The Sword of the Third Young Master", and "The Ruthless Sword of the Amorous Swordsman" in the "Seven Weapons".

"Peacock Plume" is one of the most tragic but powerful stories in Gu Long's novels. Especially at the end, the roll is very long and steady.

"The Sword of the Third Young Master" has a lot of small problems, but the spiritual power is equally intimidating.

"The Amorous Swordsman Ruthless Sword" is worth talking about again.

The first is the detective case, Li Xunhuan, Ah Fei, Lin Xian'er and the plum blossom thief story, crack the case will also be solved.

The second part is the duel between Li Xunhuan and Shangguan Jinhong, the secret is Sun Xiaohong's redemption of Li Xunhuan's spirit, and Li Xunhuan's redemption of Ah Fei's spirit.

In fact, there is Also Lü Fengxian's self-persuasion, Guo Songyang's self-persuasion, Jing Wusheng's self-persuasion, and even You Longsheng's self-persuasion and awakening. One by one, the controlled man awakens in some way.

Many people will complain that the first dozen and second of the weapon spectrum are not described, the second dozen of the weapon spectrum is not described, there is only a long pavilion to light a cigarette, a mouth cannon that "has no ring in the hand and a ring in the heart", but this is what Gu Long is trying.

Gu Long himself said:

I always think that "action" doesn't have to be "fighting."

The action in the novel is different from the movie, the written action of the movie can give people a distinct and vivid stimulation, but the action described in the novel does not have the description of the action in the novel, and should first create conflict, emotional conflict, and conflict of events, so that various conflicts are stacked into a climax.

Then create an atmosphere, an atmosphere of slaughter. After all, martial arts novels are not guoshu guides.

In this novel, it is perfectly represented.

The section where the long pavilion lights cigarettes is so good that Wong Kar-wai borrowed it in "A Generation of Grandmasters".

And the extra best is "Happy Heroes" - it is extra, because "Happy Heroes" looks good at first glance, and it is not the same as the good ones that look closely.

Gu Long's changes are from traditional martial arts stories, to detectives, to undercover, and then to explore the heart.

Gu Long's novel, if you run through the beginning and end, you will find that there are problems with the completion of many parts. Many suspenseful details do not stand up to scrutiny.

But people who like Cologne are talking more about immersion and substitution. Gu Long himself for what, the atmosphere.

The later, the more Gu Long is too lazy to write such a bizarre story as "Absolute Double Glory", the more he likes to describe the atmosphere, the more he uses a lot of dialogue and psychological description, to set up characters, and write about the struggles, emotions, and feelings of the characters themselves.

Therefore, the atmosphere of his novel is infectious, very strong.

The plot of Gu Long, many people have forgotten after watching it, and they will not relish it in a few details to break back and forth.

Everyone is happy to talk about his characters, some of the characters who stand up, and immerse themselves in the kind of life he has created, the atmosphere of the jianghu.

By the time of "Happy Heroes", Gu Long no longer needs to make up stories deliberately, and those few people are nagging back and forth. Not relying on the story, but rendering the atmosphere and characters, has made everyone feel good.

The reason why "Happy Heroes" is placed at the end is because you have to watch the previous ones, and then watch "Happy Heroes" to understand the magic.

It's like watching Jin Yong's previous long story, and then watching "Deer DingJi", in order to have a feeling.

Just like the more martial arts movies you watch, the more you can smile when you watch "The Legend of Wulin".