[A devious strategist × a fallen gang leader × an iron-blooded general, playing a game of chess that will upend the world]
On a rain-soaked night during the Jingzhe season, Su Yunshang, leader of the Salt Transport Gang, is framed for embezzling military funds and left on the brink of death.
Zhao Wuji, a frontier general, holds a lone city against the enemy. His supplies have run out, and he is on the verge of defeat.
Everyone thinks this is a dead end.
Until a down-and-out scholar named Lin Qingfeng quietly enters the game.
He wields willow leaves as his sword and uses people's hearts as his pieces.
Infighting within the Salt Transport Gang? That is his first move to break the deadlock.
Turbulence at court? That is his chain of schemes.
Flames of war on the frontier? Nothing but the echo of his move.
He had meant to tap his chess pieces idly and watch from the sidelines. But then he discovered that everything he held dear had already become part of the game.
In that case…
He gently brushed the chessboard and placed his final piece.
“Then let me show you what it means to be a master strategist.”
