Chapter 21 postscript

The title of this novel was "The Mystery of the Female Spy" when it was first serialized on the Internet. Later, when the revised manuscript was published on Liu Yunlong's official website, the title was changed to the current one, which may be more appropriate.Russian writer Joseph Freiliherman once wrote a spy novel called "The Tentacles of the Octopus", which mainly tells the story of a female spy code-named "Actress" sent by the enemy country to conduct espionage activities in the Soviet Union during the Cold War. After being translated into Chinese, the title of the book happened to be changed to "The Mystery of the Female Spy".I only read this novel later, and it is a coincidence that it has the same name as it.

Among the characters in the book, I personally like Mu Jianying very much. I always write her as an outsider in the book, and I don’t want her to get involved in complicated struggles, so her character is not very prominent. Not as good as Liu Qian who came out later.In the communication with some readers, I learned that she also has a lot of controversy like this novel, some people like it, some people don't like it.Mu Jianying loves martial arts novels and detective novels, and even writes novels herself.These are written according to my own preferences, so I borrowed her original name Chen Yuhan as my pen name.Of course, I couldn't write as well as she did.

Some real historical figures are used in the novel to write fictional stories. This is a common phenomenon in popular novels, and you don’t need to investigate its authenticity.Although the main storyline is fictitious, readers who are familiar with history may be able to find some blueprints of real history from it, so I won't go into details here.Special mention should be made of Yoshiko Kawashima, a familiar character.There are many books about Yoshiko Kawashima, including official history, unofficial history, fiction, and folklore.She is not really a big figure in history. People are interested in her, perhaps because she has the special status of Manchu imperial blood and Japanese nationality.Regarding these, the public may be familiar with the role of Yoshiko Kawashima played by Ms. Anita Mui in the movie "Yoshiko Kawashima" in 1990.In addition, please don't use other female characters to match the real characters in history:

1. Don't take Li Fanglan as the Japanese spy Li Xianglan.Li Xianglan's original name was Yoshiko Yamaguchi. When Japan was defeated in 1945 and the puppet Manchukuo was destroyed, the whole country launched an action to crusade against traitors.Li Xianglan was interrogated by a military court on suspicion of traitor (another famous case is Yoshiko Kawashima). Later, she was spared and found not guilty because she announced her Japanese household registration belonging to the Yamaguchi family and proved her Japanese identity. In February 1946, she was released and returned to China.However, Li Xianglan's name and her music and movies have been forgotten in many documents. Only Hong Kong still has a friendly attitude towards Li Xianglan who once "acted" as a Chinese. In the 1960s, she still invited He went to Hong Kong for a visit and filming.In the future, Li Xianglan talked about this period in her autobiography: "At that time, I was only a teenage girl, and I just played the role assigned to me according to the requirements of the adults. Acting actress."

2. This "Liu Qian" is not that "Liu Qian". In Yan'an in 1937, there was a female student named Liu Qian who was only fifteen or sixteen years old at the time.She was pretty, and was assigned to study in the fourth team of the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University, with Huang Kegong as the team leader.Later, because of love, Huang Kegong killed Liu Qian and was shot himself.Liu Qian in the novel is not the same person as her. In the process of writing, I have been writing by hand, and my friend Wang Siyi helped me type it out with a computer after I finished it.Brother Wang Siyi is a classmate from my hometown, and we both have a common interest in literature.During the process of online serialization, the moderators of Liu Yunlong's official website, Ms. Liu Song, Ms. Wang Lei, Ms. Jiang Jiajia, Mo Hu Brothers, etc., all gave a lot of care and help.Because we are all friends, I have never expressed my gratitude to them. Now that the novel is published, I especially want to add a few sentences in the postscript. Thank you very much, thank you for your care and help to me and this novel, because I am honored to have friends like you.At the same time, I would like to sincerely thank all those who have cared about and helped this novel, especially those unknown enthusiastic readers.

This novel was originally an exercise for beginners. Due to limited experience, limited knowledge, and insufficient understanding of history, although the novel has been revised several times after it was written, it is inevitable that there will be many unsatisfactory points. I sincerely hope to get advice from readers and friends.