Chongzhen: The Ancient Well in My Home Leads to the Modern World

On the nineteenth day of the third month of the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, Li Zicheng breached the capital.

The Ming emperor, Zhu Youjian, stood beneath a crooked tree on Coal Hill. He removed the jade belt from his waist, ready to end this absurd life.

As he drew his sword, he knocked loose a slab of stone beneath the tree...

There was a well underneath. Through it, he could see the world four hundred years in the future.

On the other side of the well lived an old soldier surnamed Zhu, a descendant of the Zhu family. Across four centuries, the old man said four words to his ancestor:

"Please don't die just yet."

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.