When he was seven years old, Lin Mu saved his life among the corpses at the execution ground. The blood of more than 300 people in the Zhenbei Hou Mansion dyed his childhood red. Ten years later, he transformed into the handsome Xie Yuanlang and stepped into the turbulent capital.
Everyone thought he was a noble man from a humble family who won the Gold List for his talent, but they didn't know that the mysterious organization "Tianji Pavilion" stood behind him, nor did they know that he had a poison-quenching blade hidden in his sleeve and that he was burning with the flame of revenge in his heart.
After taking the imperial examination and becoming an official, he walked on thin ice, dealing with the emperor's intentions and the conflicts of powerful officials. The innocent fisherman's daughter is the last soft spot in his heart, the general's beloved concubine is the fatal chess piece in his hand, the exotic princess promises him thousands of miles of land, and the female leader of the rivers and lakes is willing to give him everything she has.
He started as a chess piece, worked step by step, and finally became a chess player. The emperor on the dragon throne regarded him as the sharpest knife, and the mentor in the shadow used him as a chess piece to restore the country. He floated in the whirlpool of love and betrayal, loyalty and exploitation, and gradually lost himself in the intoxication of power.
It wasn't until his closest relatives died blocking an arrow for him and his beloved turned against him that he realized that he had become the most hated person he had ever been.
This time, he no longer competes for the illusory throne.
He laid out a shocking killing plan and vowed to drag down the Ninth Five-Year Master who was sitting high in the hall and the culprit who was hiding behind the scenes to hell!
This is a path of regicide for a powerful minister, and it is also a bloody legend about revenge, love and redemption. See how he gets lost in the desire for power, and how he finds his true heart in the ashes, and finally returns to the misty rain in the south of the Yangtze River.
