A sudden accident caused modern young man Jiang Chen to travel to the Ming Dynasty and become an apprentice in a poor private school. He has no official position, no money and no power. He lives in a humble mountain town, but he has modern knowledge and a heart that refuses to accept fate. With a little bit of cleverness and a little bit of reasoning, he started by helping his neighbor find the missing chicken, and gradually got involved in the whirlpool of murder, corruption, and profiteering.
Burning account books, chasing criminals, fighting bosses, exhuming corpses, he used his knowledge and courage to uncover one shady case after another. While the roosters crow and the dogs bark, he makes corrupt officials and wealthy businessmen bow their heads and plead guilty, and he also restores hope to the people. But as the wind started to rise, Jiang Chen gradually realized that this was just the prelude to a bigger storm. The black hands behind the scenes, the fear of the superiors, the temptation of people's hearts... His real opponent may still be a hundred miles away, waiting for his next move.
Can an apprentice break the old laws of the Ming Dynasty and fight his way through the cracks of the times? Can he uphold justice and bear the burden of fate?
