During the Dajing Dynasty, corvee labor was like a knife and taxation was like a tiger. The Liu family in a remote mountain village was even worse - their seriously ill father was forced to do corvee labor and narrowly escaped death. Before he died, his father held his daughter Qin Xiu's hand and cried every word: "I'll help your brother study, get fame, and get out of trouble!"
In order to protect his younger brother Qin Zhao on his way to study, Qin Xiu agreed to the marriage proposal of Lin Yuan, a fatherless and motherless hunter. The only condition was: "I will not marry my brother if he can't pass the examination to help me study." Lin Yuan shouldered the hunting knife and patted his chest and agreed: "Don't worry, Sister Xiu, I will earn the pen and ink money and the bunch of repair silver with my hunting bow!"
From then on, Qin Zhao plunged into the sea of books, holding a pen in one hand and practicing swordsmanship in the other. He wrote the legends of his past life into storybooks and made a lot of money in the market, which not only provided for his family's food and clothing, but also sharpened his mind. He learned hunting and muscle training from Lin Yuan, learned how to survive in the mountains and fields, and even hid his excellent martial arts skills.
From the childbirth examination in Qingxi County, to winning the first place in the provincial examination in Yuezhou, to the amazing talent in the capital examination, this poor boy who once swore an oath on a snowy night walked out of the mountain village step by step and stepped into the turbulent court. Faced with the suppression of the aristocratic family, the suspicion of the imperial power, and the chaos at the border, he used his pen as a blade and force as a shield, used wisdom to resolve crises, and used iron-blooded means to eliminate traitors.
When the former hunter became his most trusted arm, and when his sister's temples were stained with wind and frost, Qin Zhao finally stood on the top of the court hall. Looking back, the Qingyun Road extending from Liuxi Village to Jinluan Hall was paved with the sacrifices of his family, the friendship of brothers, and the persistence of a poor scholar to "establish a life for the people and create peace for all generations."
