In the fourteenth year of Tianbao, the gorgeous robes of the Tang Dynasty were quietly crawling with lice. In Chang'an City, Wei Chen, a young talent from the Hanlin Academy, is immersed in the dream of "horseshoe disease in the spring breeze", looking forward to the future with his beloved Ruo Qing. However, Yu Yangji's instigation and An Lushan's rebel flag tore apart the prosperity of the empire and his personal happiness overnight.
Amidst the fire and displacement, Wei Chen was forced to embark on a path of tempering by blood and fire from a weak scholar with no power to restrain a chicken. He lost his home and his lover. On a battlefield littered with corpses, he witnessed the nobility and despicability of human nature. He also changed from a bystander of an era to a fighter of fate. This is not only the epic of one person, but also the tragedy of the Tang Dynasty's transition from prosperity to decline. When he finally returns to Chang'an after a narrow escape, will his hometown remain the same? Can the beauties meet again? And how will that soul once filled with poetry and ideals face a devastated and broken mountain and river?
