Synopsis

ADeadlySecret,alsotranslatedasRequiemofLingSingandSecretoftheLinkedCities,isawuxianovelbyJinYong(LouisCha).ItwasfirstpublishedinthemagazineSoutheastAsiaWeekly(東南亞周刊)andtheHongKongnewspaperMingPaoin1963.ItsoriginalChinesetitlewasSuXinJianbeforeJinYongchangedittoLianChengJue.ThestoryrevolvesaroundtheadventuresoftheprotagonistDiYun,anordinaryyoungpeasant,whoisimprisonedafterbeingframed.Inhisquestforvengeance,heaccidentallyacquirestheLianchengSwordplaymanual(連城劍谱),anancientartifactnotonlyprizedfortheskillsdetailedinside,butalsoforcontainingasecretleadingtoatreasure.