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Wei Xiaobao is the lazy, uncouth, trouble-making ne'er-do-well son of a prostitute who does nothing but hang around all day making questionable friends. One day, he smooth talks his way into the palace and befriends a young boy named Xuan Luo...then, to Xiaobao's surprise, he discovers that Xuan Luo is the current Emperor.
So begin Wei Xiaobao's life as a reluctant pawn of the Emperor, trying to stay alive as he constantly finds himself the target of innumerable attempts to kill him. Meanwhile, he travels China in search of great treasure and adds more and more women to his growing harem.
''[[The Deer and the Cauldron]]'' (also known as ''The Duke of Mount Deer'') is the second to last work of [[Jin Yong]] that plays with, if not outright breaks, quite a bit of the author's previous [[Wuxia]] conventions.
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* [[Absurdly Sharp Blade]]: Wei Xiaobao picks up a dagger that can cut through anything.
* [[Anti
* [[Bondage Is Bad]]: Princess Jian Ning is one of the most open characters about her love of BDSM out of all of Jin Yong's characters... and she certainly is one of the more insane characters of the series. But at the same time, Xiaobao plays along with it...
* [[Book Dumb]]: Wei Xiaobao, who is illiterate and constantly recites idioms incorrectly. However, this is simply attributed to his extreme laziness, as he has proven more than enough times that he's certainly smart enough to learn.
* [[Cluster F
* [[Deadly Decadent Court]]: The Imperial Court.
* [[Disc One Final Boss]]: The seemingly unkillable General Ao Bai, whose death ingratiates Wei Xiaobao to the Emperor and kickstarts the plot.
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* [[Karma Houdini]]: Wei Xiaobao. Sure, he has better moral principals than some of the villains... but seriously? The guy did a ''lot'' of... evil things. Like raping some of his love interests. And the result? They marry him and become his happy little wives. Of course, him being a [[Karma Houdini]] was pretty much the entire ''point'' of the story...
** Not really the entire point, but certainly one aspect of the adventures.
* [[Live Action Adaptation]]: Several, from the classic '70s [[Pragmatic Adaptation]] that turned [[Tony Leung]] [[Star
* [[Marry Them All]]: What Wei Xiaobao had in mind, pretty much ever since the beginning. With all seven of his love interests. In his defense, people in those days ''could'' do that, and there was absolutely nothing wrong with it.
* [[Rape Is Love]]: Wei Xiaobao and three of his wives (that he did ''during the same night'' - yes, don't ask). Though it's debatable whether two of his wives ended up with him after that out of ''love'', or whether they just got pregnant, had nowhere to go, and knew he was rich and would take responsibility.
* [[Screw the Rules, I Have Money]]: Wei Xiaobao, Wei Xiaobao...pretty much the only thing that keeps him in line is the Emperor himself.
* [[The So
* [[Son of a Whore]]: Wei Xiaobao again
* [[Spoiled Brat]]: Princess Jian Ning... although she also tends to like being mistreated, since she's a masochist.
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