In the first year of Xuanhe, Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty, the country was extremely prosperous for a hundred years. In Bianliang, the imperial capital, the night market is noisy, the boats are like weaving, and the literary style is at its peak. Under this glorious and prosperous age, there are deep undercurrents that are shaking the country's foundation.
Shen An, the son of a wealthy businessman, cherishes the ideal of a scholar who "takes the world as his own responsibility", but he sees his family being involved in the harsh government of Huashi Gang in the name of the emperor's favor. When he accidentally spied on an ordnance blueprint smuggling case involving Privy Councilor Tong Guan, he was shocked to realize that this prosperous age was just a crumbling castle in the air.
In order to prove his innocence and save the country and people, Shen An resolutely broke up with his family and joined hands with Qingliu's daughter Su Qingyue to embark on a thousand-mile journey to escape. A volume of documents in their hands became the only fulcrum to move the Song Dynasty. From the misty Taihu Waterway in the south of the Yangtze River to the desperate situation of the Qinling Mountains with high mountains and dense forests, they started a life-and-death race with Tong Guan's ruthless ghost-faced man.
In the court, the Qingliu ministers headed by Li Gang risked their lives to present evidence to the emperor, setting off a shocking impeachment. In Jianghu, Shen An, as a businessman, planned a financial storm that targeted the economic lifeline of powerful ministers.
"The stones of Genyue are not piled up for a prosperous age, but are a harbinger of broken mountains and rivers." This is an epic about faith and redemption. It tells the struggle and resistance of a group of young people on the eve of the Jingkang Incident, and depicts an elegy of an era from extreme prosperity to tragic collapse. When the northern cavalry is about to crush the dream of Tokyo, can their blood and wisdom save a glimmer of hope for the national destiny of the Song Dynasty? !
