In the last years of the Ming Dynasty, there were successive famines and uprisings in the north. The imperial court was exhausted of money and people, and was on the verge of survival.
The story begins in Luoyang in the thirteenth year of Chongzhen. Wu Xi was reborn and lost his memory, and lived with Xiaohu and Xiaoya in a ruined temple outside Luoyang City.
One day, I ran into Zhang Heng on the street of Luoyang and found out his identity. He was a lieutenant general of Li Zicheng's army.
Wu Xi had no intention of killing, but only wanted to live a stable life. Unexpectedly, he got involved in disputes, and the politics and intrigues came to him. Wu Xi was forced to pick up the sword to save himself in troubled times, embarking on a road full of thorns and unknowns.
[Double life; powerful heroine, the heroine is calm and rational, not love-minded]