Cai Jianbo, chairman of the Tianyue Group, is murdered in a hotel in Deqing. The murder weapon, the bronze sword Chun Jun, points to a conspiracy and assassination plot dating back more than two thousand years…
Who is the female assassin resembling the legendary Yue Maiden? Why has a missing sword from the Spring and Autumn period suddenly resurfaced? Did King Helu of Wu establish an assassin's stronghold called Ganchang Garden on Mount Moganshan and send Zhuan Zhu and other assassins to carry out his political schemes? Did their unusual assassination techniques spread all the way to the eastern seas?
Faced with a host of questions, Cai Jianbo's son, Cai Zi'an, and Wang Qiong, daughter of the police chief, set out on a journey…
Spectral analysis, carbon-14 dating, computer reconstructions of ancient people… Modern technology will uncover the truth behind every historical conspiracy!
