In the first year of the Ming Dynasty, Lu Congjian, a descendant of Jinyiwei, was imprisoned because his father was wronged. He wanted to go into seclusion, but he was involved in a strange case involving the court, the world, and the affairs of his family and country. In order to find out the truth about his family, he gathered his close friends and embarked on a journey full of dangers. Along the way, they uncovered the conspiracy, deciphered the secret struggles between powerful officials, and got involved in the battle between multiple forces. The protagonist has to play both in the court and in the world, and encounters life and death crises and emotional tests from time to time. Between humor and excitement, they relied on wit and trust to constantly break through dangerous situations, eventually redressing unjust cases, defeating evil forces, and achieving their own legend. There are multiple story lines running in parallel throughout the book, with characters' growth and fate intertwined, climaxes and ups and downs, and comedy and tragedy intertwined. Four volumes and four scenes are intertwined, and finally a storm brings the world together.
