If Yan country is ignored, troubled times are coming. Xiao Jiuzhou, a down-and-out scholar, wholeheartedly pursues his ideal of being a sage, but accidentally gets involved in the struggle between the powerful, the rivers and lakes, and the temple. Wit and humor have become his survival weapons, while many teammates around him have their own thoughts and struggles. The coup in Yandu, the war on the frontier, the customs of the city, family revenge and self-exploration unfold in three volumes. The protagonist keeps doing strange things while getting into troubled times. In the end, in the whirlpool of power and the torrent of history, everyone composes a long song that is indistinguishable from laughter to laughter, and also sees the various changes in the world and personal growth.