Four Young Lords of Flower City
Chen Xu
The Four Young Lords of Flower City is the collective name for Nangong Shen and a few close friends, regulars of the pleasure quarters.
Apart from Nangong Shen himself, they are Chen Xu, Yu Ziyong, Cheng Xi, and .
Chen Xu
- Relying on a bit of talent and striking looks, he composes a few romantic verses to show off, and with no regard for decency he makes a specialty of seducing respectable women. His name is on Jinxiang Palace's Flower-Cherishing Register.
- Met during the Long Xiang Ruined Temple incident. He runs into Zhao Huo, who is sheltering from the rain with him, pretends to treat him, but has already poisoned the wine and food.
- He clearly had a past with Lady Fei of Jinxiang Palace, and he also seduced the wife of a Quanzhen Daoist's elder brother, making her poison her own husband.
- In the first fight he uses the Nangong Fan Technique. His moves are not commonplace, but his execution is stiff and sluggish. His true identity is a traitor of the Jin Kingdom's Dragon Nurturing Courtyard, and the martial arts his master taught him are the Dragon Nurturing Courtyard's Cloud-Overturning Hand.
- After meeting Long Xiang his fingers are cut off. Seeing he cannot win, he begs Long Xiang to let him leave the temple and take his own life, and uses the chance to blind her with Lime Powder, but is finally run through by Long Xiang's sword.
Yu Ziyong
- An expert who attacks together with Tan Badao and Wood Immortal Maiden on the Clan Extermination route.
- At the Kongtong Sect, he enjoys Kongtong soy milk together with Rui Sheng and Nangong Qian.
- At the suggestion of the and under the supervision of Nangong Shen, he once performed the good deed of donating characters in exchange for grain.
- A scumbag who toys with feelings.
And somehow Jinxiang Palace never came after him.- He fancies himself a romantic; his real purpose in studying at Kongtong was not the wine, but a glimpse of the Kongtong Four Maidens' beauty. It is only that he is too handsome, which puts the Kongtong Disciples on their guard, leaving him no chance to strike up a conversation. When asks him for help, hoping he will play her fiancé, he agrees at once, thinking he may as well turn the play into reality, marry this muddle-headed Young Lady, and enjoy a bit of romance, then afterward flee far away to Jiangnan. With his friendship with , whom he is named alongside as one of the Four Young Lords of Flower City, he can ask him to smooth things over, and offending Kongtong should not cost him his life.
- He travels the Jianghu without attendants, lest they spread word of his fleeting affairs and ruin the marriage arranged for him since childhood.
- To trick the top courtesan of the Bathing Spring House into giving herself to him, he boasts that he will buy her freedom.
- He has Old Huang, the cook at a restaurant he frequents, drug a Widow Liu of the east of the city so he can take advantage of her.
Cheng Xi
- At the Fengyu Mountain Assembly, one of those who oppose Zhao Huo becoming Wulin Alliance Leader.
Duan Zhixiu
- See the entry Duan Zhixiu.
Evaluations
- Nangong Shen: Five men in the Four Young Lords of Flower City? Isn't it common knowledge that the Four Great Heavenly Kings are five?
- This setting was confirmed by the developers.[1]
- Shangguan Ying: The Four Young Lords of Flower City are all refined scum who rely on their family wealth and good looks, flaunting their riches and toying with respectable women.