During the prosperous period of the Daqian Dynasty, undercurrents surged. Gu Changgeng, a failed scholar, had no choice but to inherit a shabby bookstore called "Buyuzhai" passed down from his ancestors. He originally thought that he would spend the rest of his life surrounded by piles of old papers, but he accidentally discovered that he had an innate talent - access to the secluded world.
With this talent, he can see the "spirit" sleeping in the ancient objects and hear the "resentment" echoing in the old house. A tube of wolf brush and an inkstone became the bridge between him and the strange world that ordinary people could not see.
Why is the lady in the painting crying in the middle of the night? Why are the stone lions from the Chenghuang Temple stolen so many times? A series of weird and bizarre "strange news" came to the door. Gu Changgeng was no longer the scholar who was bent on gaining fame, but became a decryptor who specialized in solving problems for "them". With his pen as a blade and ink as a front, he traveled through the realms of Yin and Yang, recording volumes of strange stories forgotten by the world. However, as he delved deeper, a shocking secret related to the destiny of the dynasty and the inheritance of the family was slowly unfolding to him...
