At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, troubled times suddenly arose. Zhao Kangning, a down-and-out scholar, and Gao Yuan, a reckless warrior, Li Ruixia, a brothel girl, and Du Mingzhu, an orphan of an aristocrat, travel together by mistake. They laugh, make trouble, fight and escape in the face of fame, wealth, power, and life and death. Multiple lines of stories are intertwined, including the absurd fate of small people and the ups and downs of the big era. After many twists and turns, the protagonist and others gradually gain survival and dignity with humor and wit, and swim upstream in the torrent of fate. In the end, how do they face themselves, their country, and their love? What kind of humorous confrontation and fateful ending will there be between the old dream and the new power situation?
