"Blood List" tells the story of Lu Ziyuan, a poor man from a poor family, who took the initiative to move into No. 13, The "ghost house" in Jiangnan Gongyuan. In the middle of the night, blood seeped from the wall, revealing the list of victims of the century-old literary inquisition. At the end, the name of the current examiner, Zhao Wende, was added. He was forced to be involved in the conspiracy, and went to Beijing with secret records. Amidst the imperial examinations, power struggles, and treacherous suspicions, he avenged the wronged souls and stopped new evildoers, but found that he had also become a pawn in the chess game.