The master thief Yun Yi is forced to outwit Mo Yuan, the divine constable who has placed the entire country on a wanted list for him, all to save his master. To do it, he plays three roles: in public, a spoiled good-for-nothing; in private, an innocent young man; and at night, his opponent’s confidant in the martial world. His performance is going splendidly, and he’s just about to fool the iron-faced constable into falling for him, when he’s dragged into a political power struggle and all his secret identities are exposed. When his greatest secret is laid bare in the daylight, how will this game of lies end? Everyone in the land knows that Mo Yuan, the divine constable, has but one mission in life: to catch me, the greatest thief under heaven.
To keep him dancing in the palm of my hand, I, Yun Yi, began putting on an award-winning performance by his side:
By day, I was the spoiled young master he wanted to slap into the next life. At dusk, I was the innocent youth who depended on and admired him. Late at night, I was the chivalrous wanderer who drank with him beneath the moon and counted him as a kindred spirit.
Watching him grow angry, tender, or admiring toward me (and my three identities) filled me with delight.
Until one day, the scheming emperor, traveling incognito, smiled as he stripped away my disguise and whispered in my ear, “Not bad acting. How about joining me in an even bigger performance?”
Forced into the game overnight, I lost every secret identity and crashed spectacularly.
Mo Yuan cornered me against the wall, his gaze more dangerous than I’d ever seen it: “You’ve been making a fool of me, huh?”
That’s it. I’ve gone too far this time. The game between constable and thief is over. Now it’s time for us to join forces and overturn the whole political chessboard!
