An heirloom manuscript dating back several hundred years, a seemingly naive young man brimming with passion, a bankrupt businessman with nowhere left to turn, and a deserter with no grand ambitions: through a strange twist of fate, the three came together.
Old Qiang always said that once he got his hands on the gold, he’d go home and become a wealthy landowner. Second Brother always said that with the treasure, he could pay off his debts and expand his business throughout the Northwest. Scholar Guo always said the other two were uncouth, and that the region’s culture and history were the true treasures of the nation.
Each of the three had his own agenda: one was full of zeal, one cunning and shrewd, and one seemingly simple but actually sly. In pursuit of a legendary treasure, they set out across the vast desert and Gobi.
