The building will collapse and the dragon and snake will rise. In this chess game where power means life and death, how can a poor family hold its own and shake this rotten world?
The Dayin Dynasty has been in existence for three hundred years. It is rich in gold and jade but in ruins. The imperial power fell into the hands of the sinister and powerful eunuch "Nine Thousand Years Old" Wei Ying; aristocratic families were entrenched in the court, treating poor families like grass; strong soldiers and powerful generals looked at the borders; undercurrents in the rivers and lakes were turbulent; and there were powerful enemies from Beidi and Xirong around them. The accumulated evils are like a mountain, the people are in dire straits, and the empire is sliding into the abyss of eternal destruction.
Xie Yan, whose courtesy name is Ziyu, is a declining scholar from a poor family who bears the grievances of his family. He has the ambition to help the world, but he is well aware of the coldness of the blade of power. Going to Beijing for scientific research was his first step into this dragon's pond and tiger's den. With his superior ingenuity and perseverance, he managed to overcome fraud in the imperial examinations and conflicts among the clans, and was named on the gold list. However, becoming a low-ranking official is not a smooth road, but the beginning of a more dangerous whirlpool.
This is an epic game that runs through temples and rivers and lakes, interweaves ideals and power, and spans life and death. Look at how Xie Yan, a poor man from a poor family, plays a shocking chess game in the chaos of the empire's dusk!
