Modern gangster Liu Xing was killed in a street fight with thieves, and his soul passed through "Liu Xing", the son of the landlord of Liujiazhuang in the late Ming Dynasty. During the three months of his dandy life, while adapting to the luxurious life, he watched with cold eyes as he died of hunger in the famine years. The instinctive compassion of the grassroots and the indifference of the landlords were repeatedly torn apart.
Liu Xing secretly opened a porridge shed and saved hundreds of victims with "thick porridge with wild vegetables". However, he was targeted by the county magistrate Wang Kun. He first demanded a bribe of tens of thousands of grains on the grounds that he "gathered refugees privately and had evil intentions." After being rejected, he was charged with "collaboration with bandits."
Officers and soldiers raided Liu's house at night. Liu Xing witnessed his father's legs being broken with random sticks and his mother hitting a wall while being dragged and vomiting blood. The grain stored in the cellar was emptied, and three servants were hacked to death. Liu Xing was covered by the corpses of his loyal servant Li Ergou, and fled into the wilderness with ten kilograms of stored grain and a hatchet.
