The Lone Minister's Seal

Lu Da was a young official from a poor family. In his previous life, his integrity and exposure of corruption among the powerful led to his being framed. In the end, the city fell, its people perished, and he died with bitter regrets. Reborn at the beginning of a chaotic era, he carried his memories of his previous life with him and took up the dust-covered official seal at the critical moment when the city was on the verge of falling. Faced with undercurrents at court, the powerful people's mockery, and the common folk's distrust, Lu Da used his foresight to plan carefully and overcome one crisis after another. He used his memories to predict the enemy's movements and prepare in advance, secretly gathered evidence to expose corrupt officials, and allied with people he had missed the chance to befriend in his previous life to build up his strength. As northern cavalry bore down on the city and the southern gentry grew disloyal, Lu Da had to defend the crumbling city amid crises from within and without. By the time war engulfed the city and famine spread, the slender figure once mocked as a fool had woven an invisible web across the ruins with his wisdom and resolve. Standing beneath the broken plaque of the yamen, Lu Da clenched the bamboo slips covered in evidence of crimes, ready to face the final judgment and be reborn.