I Am the Sword Hanging Over the Powerful

Xie Bi'an, an entrepreneur in Jingzhou, Daxia, is caught up in an acquisition scheme carefully laid by powerful aristocratic families. It exposes a gripping struggle for power both within and beyond the halls of government. What he thought was a ploy by the powerful to seize wealth turns out to conceal a battle for power. What he thought was a struggle for power reveals a surging conspiracy to usurp the nation. Every step is fraught with danger, revealing both the warmth and coldness of everyday life and the human kindness and cruelty hidden beneath political schemes. The world of the jianghu is perilous, and the halls of government are cold. A sweeping portrait of human nature unfolds, full of twists and turns.