During the Tianbao period, Chang'an was in a state of dissipation. Du Heng, the supervisor of the Ninth Grade Pigment, a low-level official who is too lazy to even look at his superiors, has received a "good job" that is enough to punish the Nine Clan - to transport the rare pigment "Buddha's Head Green" from a dangerous land in the Western Regions thousands of miles away to Chang'an without any damage within 49 days!
This "Buddha's Head Blue" gold is extremely valuable, and it is afraid of tides, shocks, and discoloration. It usually takes three months for a caravan to travel there! Du Heng's eyes darkened: What kind of mission is this? It's clearly the death talisman of the King of Hell!
Shirk? Ask immediately! Finish? Idiot's dream! Forced into a desperate situation, Du Heng could only squeeze out all he had learned in his life and risk his life in a big gamble:
The speed of life and death on the post road: changing horses in Liangzhou, breaking through the pass in Dunhuang, circling in Khotan, freezing Congling... Sandstorms, horse bandits, border troops making things difficult, tribal extortion, every step is a gate of hell!
Extreme "preservation" operations: wax sealing of lead cans, piggybacking of human flesh, scattered escorts... He guarded those cans of blue powder that were more valuable than his life as if he were protecting his eyes. If he was not careful, all his previous efforts would be wasted!
Tricking chestnuts from the fire of the officialdom: The big guys in Chang'an waited coldly for him to take the blame for his failure, while the petty officials plucked his hair along the way. Bad checks were written all over the Silk Road, and Du Heng maneuvered in the gaps of power, taking the temporary prestige of the "Nine-grade Sesame Official" to the extreme!
The forty-nine day countdown is ticking! Du Heng led the remaining riders, under the blade of the Tubo pursuers, on the wind and snow-raging cliffs, and sprinted towards Chang'an! Can he send the "Buddha's Head Green" to Ci'en Temple on the eve of the Buddha Bathing Ceremony?
And when the exhausting mission was completed, Du Heng was shocked to realize that what he risked his life to protect was just a dark blue that no one knew existed on the wall of the Golden Age.
