During the Yongxi period, on the eve of the birthday banquet of the Su Mansion, a wealthy man in Jinling, an old purple sand pot secretly stored in the manor was quietly sent to the Wuyi Lane pawn shop for temporary storage. When the glazed fingertips of the orphan boy with supernatural powers touched the body of the pot, he suddenly saw a horrifying vision: two nobles from aristocratic families playing chess in the Peony Pavilion, the chessboard that shattered when thunder exploded, and the fleeting murderous intent in the eyes of one of them. What shocked him even more was that a hidden compartment inside the pot actually contained a secret message involving a theft of royal tribute many years ago.
This unexpected discovery swept Liu Guang into the center of the storm. The eldest daughter-in-law and second-in-law are fighting over the inheritance. The eldest daughter Su Wanmo hides shocking obsessions under her gentle appearance. Xie Zhibai, the son of the Qingliu family, seems to be aloof, but has a subtle connection with the illusion in the pot. The red jade and glazed pendant that Liu Guang wore close to his body constantly issued warnings. The lame Taoist who abandoned him on a rainy night also appeared in Jinling and sang songs that foreshadowed disaster.
As the clues of the old case gradually come together, Liu Guang has to deal with various forces, using the ability to sense the memory of artifacts to pursue the truth in the fog. He not only wants to uncover the secret behind the purple clay teapot that involves two major families, but also wants to find out the relationship between his bizarre life experience and this turmoil. The once impregnable family Jin Ou is gradually showing cracks, and everyone is facing unavoidable choices and sacrifices in the whirlpool of destiny. The story in this book is purely fictitious, and the characters, plots and background settings have no historical basis.
