Introduction to the novel
In the troubled times of the Republic of China, gunpowder smoke and drama filled the air in Shili Foreign Market.
Chen Yunwen is the youngest plutocrat commander in Jincheng. His straight military uniform makes his face more delicate, but his movements and movements hide the ruthlessness of killing and decisiveness. No one knew that this proud man in charge of the military was once a famous child star in the theater troupe, and his performance of "Chang Ban Slope" made the whole house applaud.
Yang Yanzhi is a traitor reviled by everyone in the puppet government. He wears a long robe with a folding fan and gentle eyebrows. He deals with the Japanese army and spies, but his hands are stained with unclear blood. Only he himself understands that under the skin of "traitoring the country and seeking glory", there is hidden the determination to avenge his parents and die for his country. He was once a troupe student, but the accident that year caused him to be separated from his best childhood partner in the flames of war.
The two are sworn opponents on the surface: Chen Yunwen investigates his smuggling routes, and he destroys Chen Yunwen's encirclement and suppression plan. Every confrontation is like a fight on the stage, with an indescribable familiarity hidden in the light and shadow of the sword. It wasn't until a faded troupe bell and a blurted out libretto of "Chang Ban Slope" that the dusty memories gradually came to life.
When the disguise of the "traitor" was torn away and the past of the "commander" was revealed, they were shocked to realize that the person who had been looking for each other for half their lives had been confronting them on the tip of a knife. In the final act involving the family and the country, when the drama resumes, someone wants to complete the unfinished scene between the two of them at the cost of their lives.
