Historical transmigration | Court intrigue and mystery | Ancient-style detective cases | Political struggles | Jianghu factions | The tides of history | Two male leads (Song Cheng and Shen Ce) | A story of growth
Modern prison officer Song Cheng unexpectedly transmigrates to the Wanli era, where he becomes a jailer in the Black Prison and is drawn into the mysterious murder of Censor Zhao of the Censorate. To uncover the truth, he joins forces with the enigmatic Hongxiao, searching for crucial evidence amid the competing factions: a ledger recording massive losses in Jiangnan's salt licenses.
From the dangerous nighttime search of the Li residence, to the pursuit by shadow assassins, to the sudden turn of events after the Imperial Guard intervenes, they gradually expose the shocking conspiracy behind the ledger: the powerful minister Li Yan has allied with a vassal prince, using the salt trade to amass wealth and raise a force of assassins, even plotting to undermine the Eastern Palace. Consort Shu's deathly gambit, the intervention of the Imperial Guard under Shen Ce, and the secret collusion between the Embroidered Uniform Guard and the vassal prince... A series of tightly interwoven events pushes Song Cheng into the heart of the storm.
As a transmigrator, he must use modern ingenuity to solve ancient mysteries, survive the deadly struggle between imperial power, factional rivalries, and jianghu forces, and face the countless ties binding him to this era. As the truth is gradually laid bare, the “eagle-eyed wolf-hearted one” hidden at the emperor's side begins to emerge. A struggle over the fate of the dynasty has only just begun.
